Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.]
   To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either
   viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in
   electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations,
   etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an
   interest with others.

         The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration
         of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
                                                  --L. Beecher.

         To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires
         a great amount of information.           --F. W.
                                                  Robertson.

Vote \Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
   to vow: cf. F. vote. See {Vow}.]
   1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
      --Massinger.

   2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
      persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
      the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
      choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
      person voting has an interest in common with others,
      either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
      rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.

   3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
      elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
      ticket; as, a written vote.

            The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote
            that shakes the turrets of the land.  --Holmes.

   4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
      decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
      the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.

   5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.

   {Casting vote}, {Cumulative vote}, etc. See under {Casting},
      {Cumulative}, etc.

Vote \Vote\, v. t.
   1. To choose by suffrage; to elec?; as, to vote a candidate
      into office.

   2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal
      vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution.

            Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds.
                                                  --Swift.

   3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by
      a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [Colloq.]

   4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [Obs.] --Glanvill.

Source : WordNet®

vote
     v 1: express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or
          resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion";
          "None of the Democrats voted last night"
     2: express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the
        Democratic ticket"
     3: express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home";
        "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
     4: be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
     5: bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted
        aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"

vote
     n 1: a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes
          in favor of the motion" [syn: {ballot}, {voting}, {balloting}]
     2: the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put
        the question to a vote"
     3: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US
        constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment;
        "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: {right to vote},
         {suffrage}]
     4: a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to
        get the Black vote"
     5: the total number of votes cast; "they are hoping for a large
        vote" [syn: {voter turnout}]