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Balloted

Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.] To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.

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balloted

vb. (en-past of: ballot)

Usage examples of "balloted".

Before the consuls balloted for their provinces various portents were reported.

Claudius Marcellus had his command extended for a year The praetors balloted for their provinces.

As they had balloted for their provinces they ordered the praetors to ballot for theirs.

With regard to giving active assistance the senate deferred a definite answer until the consuls had balloted for their provinces, and the one to whom the Macedonian province fell had submitted to the people the question of declaring war against Philip of Macedon.

But if only one district, Sviiazhsky's, did not call upon him to be a candidate, Snetkov would let himself be balloted for.

The secretary announced in a loud voice that Mikhail Stepanovich Snetkov, captain of the guards, would now be balloted for as marshal of the province.

Beauclerk's, where were Lord Charlemont, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and some more members of the LITERARY CLUB, whom he had obligingly invited to meet me, as I was this evening to be balloted for as candidate for admission into that distinguished society.