† ˈsuffragate, v. Obs.
[f. L. suffrāgāt-, pa. ppl. stem of suffrāgārī, f. stem of suffrāgium suffrage.]
1. trans. To delegate, appoint.
| 1600 W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 273 Suffragating Arrian Bishops and others in their places. |
2. intr. To testify, to bear witness to.
| 1620 T. Granger Div. Logike 233 Verbes, to witnes, testifie,..Suffragate. 1629 Prynne Old Antith. 73 All these doe fully suffragate to this our third Ante-Arminian Conclusion. 1633 ― Histrio-m. 77 All Times, All Ages..Subscribe, and Suffragate with these our Authors to our Minor. 1665 Glanvill Scepsis Sci. viii. 45 Now this seems bigg of repugnancies, though Sense it self suffragate to its truth. a 1676 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. ii. (1677) 62 Unless there were some common consonancy and congruity of somewhat inherent in Nature which suits, corresponds and suffragates to that Tradition. |
3. To vote (for).
| 1630 Prynne Anti-Armin. 2 If all these suffragate or passe their Verdict for the Arminians. 1691 Wood Fasti Oxon. (1820) II. 345 Michael Ward..was incorporated in the said degree, with liberty given him to suffragate in congreg. and convoc. |
Hence † ˈsuffragating ppl. a., voting; assenting.
| 1684 Dryden Prol. to Univ. Oxford 31 Nations su'd to be made free of Rome: Not in the suffragating Tribes to stand, But in your utmost, last, Provincial Band. 1850 Blackie æschylus II. 119 These words the Argive people Answered with suffragating hands. |