单词 | pollable |
释义 | pollableadj. Capable of being polled, eligible or suitable for polling. Also: †liable to pay poll tax (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] voting1653 pollable1693 votable1754 constituent1769 enfranchised1884 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [adjective] > specific types of vote casting1622 pollable1868 prerogative1885 1693 Act for Pole-Money 29 May in Laws & Acts 4th Session 1st Parl. William & Mary Edinb. 24 To take up Rolls and Lists of all the poleable persons within their respective Burghs. 1710 W. Oldisworth Dial. Timothy & Philatheus II. viii. 245 Are not these [Copyholders] pollable by the Rights of Nature? 1716 A. Bruce in P. Murray et al. Decisions Court of Session (1772) App. xxvi. 34 A list of the pollable persons in the parish of Collington. 1844 (title) List of pollable persons within the Shire of Aberdeen, 1696. 1868 Contemp. Rev. 9 83 Supposing all votes to be pollable. 1948 A. J. Bahm in I. Knobloch Readings in Biol. Sci. 415 Those of the past who can no longer be polled,..those of the future not yet pollable. 1992 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Oct. a10 I'm not really convinced this referendum is ‘pollable’... The whole predictability factor is a fiction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1693 |
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