† suffragatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin suffrāgāt-, suffrāgārī.

Etymology: < classical Latin suffrāgāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of suffrāgārī to vote or canvas (for), (of fortune or circumstances) to lend support, be favourable, perhaps < sub- sub- prefix + frag- , stem of frangere to break (see fragment n.); compare fragor fragor n.¹ Compare earlier suffragation n.In sense 1 probably influenced semantically by suffragan n. With sense 3 compare earlier suffragator n.

Obsolete. rare after 17th cent.

1. transitive. To delegate (a person) to a post or position; to appoint as a substitute or replacement for someone.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > depute or delegate authority > appoint as delegate, deputy, or substitute

subrogate?a1475

substitute1484

surrogate1533

depute1552

suffragate1602

deputy1606

deputize1736

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 273 These great Monarches..thought it enough to haue them [sc. all catholikes]..for to be depriued of their Benefices, Bishopricks, and other as well ecclesiasticall as temporall dignities and offices, suffragating Arrian Bishops and others in their places.

a. intransitive. With to. To assent or subscribe to a particular opinion, position, etc.; to agree with; to endorse. Later also transitive: to agree with or endorse (a system, state of affairs, position, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)]

cordc1380

to give handsa1425

to fall to ——a1450

agree1472

to go into ——1540

astipulate1548

subscribe1560

seal1579

suffragate1606

give1621

assent1637

homologate1644

to take up with1673

affirmative1775

chorus1836

yea-say1887

yes1915

1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices i. 2 Iustus Lipsius, not wholly suffragating to that opinion, sayth, [etc.].

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus i. 46 Yet does he suffragate to the use of additional Laws to those that are constitutional and primaeve, according to the requiry of extraordinary Occurrences.

1755 J. Brett Lett. to Lord Primate of All Ireland iv. 70 Part of it [sc. the Church]..seemingly suffragating, or at best openly not opposing a System too strongly abetted..to make an avowed Opposition advisable.

b. intransitive. With to. To correspond or conform to a situation, circumstance, etc.; to be consonant with.

ΚΠ

1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iv. 165 Patience ingendreth prosperitie, which..may well suffragate with other giftes to the election of a Generall.

1615 P. Wentworth Miscellanie Ep. Ded. sig. ⊗^v A matter therefore for excellencie not only in Confession deseruing approouement, but much more in Action (suffragating thereto) singulerly applauded.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 62 Unless there were some common consonancy and congruity of somewhat inherent in Nature which suits, corresponds and suffragates to that Tradition.

c. intransitive. With to. To testify, to bear witness to the truth or validity of something; to corroborate or confirm.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)]

to bear (one) witnesslOE

witne?c1225

to bear witnessinga1300

to bear recordc1330

testimonyc1330

testify1377

witnessc1380

recordc1400

militatec1600

suffragate1620

testate1624

depone1640

attest1672

rap1728

certify1874

certificate1907

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 233 Verbes, to witnes, testifie,..Suffragate.

1668 J. Glanvill Plus Ultra xv. 112 Having arbitrarily pitch'd his Theories, his [sc. Aristotle's] manner was to force Experience to suffragate, and yield countenance to his precarious Propositions.

1762 T. Patten King David Vindicated 11 It were easy to be more copious in such citations from the holy scriptures as do honour to David's moral character and suffragate to the purity, the integrity, the pious temper of his heart.

3. intransitive. To vote for (later also with) a particular party, cause, or candidate; to vote in an election, as a member of a deliberative body, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > give (a vote) [verb (transitive)] > vote for

to give voice to1566

vote1599

suffragate1637

suffrage1641

voice?1641

1637 Contin. Actions, Passages, & Occurr. Upper Germanie i. 19 They [sc. the Prince-Electors] were entertained..with a sumptuous feast,..his Imperiall Majestie desiring to expresse his gratefull heart for their willingnesse to suffragate so unanimously for the Kings election.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 294 Χειροτονία and χειροτονεεῖν..properly indeed signifies peoples suffragating by stretching forth of hands in publike and popular elections.

1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 869 Michael Ward..was incorp. in the said degree, with liberty given him to suffragate in Congreg. and Convoc.

1810 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 103/2 Of all election manoeuvres, no single one is more to the purpose of either contending party, than carefully to keep all neutrals at least in the best possible humour, under a fair hope that they may be tempted, though silent now, to suffragate with one or the other candidate at some future opportunity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	suffragate
释义	† suffragatev. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin suffrāgāt-, suffrāgārī. Etymology: < classical Latin suffrāgāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of suffrāgārī to vote or canvas (for), (of fortune or circumstances) to lend support, be favourable, perhaps < sub- sub- prefix + frag- , stem of frangere to break (see fragment n.); compare fragor fragor n.¹ Compare earlier suffragation n.In sense 1 probably influenced semantically by suffragan n. With sense 3 compare earlier suffragator n. Obsolete. rare after 17th cent. 1. transitive. To delegate (a person) to a post or position; to appoint as a substitute or replacement for someone. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > depute or delegate authority > appoint as delegate, deputy, or substitute subrogate?a1475 substitute1484 surrogate1533 depute1552 suffragate1602 deputy1606 deputize1736 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 273 These great Monarches..thought it enough to haue them [sc. all catholikes]..for to be depriued of their Benefices, Bishopricks, and other as well ecclesiasticall as temporall dignities and offices, suffragating Arrian Bishops and others in their places. 2. a. intransitive. With to. To assent or subscribe to a particular opinion, position, etc.; to agree with; to endorse. Later also transitive: to agree with or endorse (a system, state of affairs, position, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)] cordc1380 to give handsa1425 to fall to ——a1450 agree1472 to go into ——1540 astipulate1548 subscribe1560 seal1579 suffragate1606 give1621 assent1637 homologate1644 to take up with1673 affirmative1775 chorus1836 yea-say1887 yes1915 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices i. 2 Iustus Lipsius, not wholly suffragating to that opinion, sayth, [etc.]. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus i. 46 Yet does he suffragate to the use of additional Laws to those that are constitutional and primaeve, according to the requiry of extraordinary Occurrences. 1755 J. Brett Lett. to Lord Primate of All Ireland iv. 70 Part of it [sc. the Church]..seemingly suffragating, or at best openly not opposing a System too strongly abetted..to make an avowed Opposition advisable. b. intransitive. With to. To correspond or conform to a situation, circumstance, etc.; to be consonant with. ΚΠ 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iv. 165 Patience ingendreth prosperitie, which..may well suffragate with other giftes to the election of a Generall. 1615 P. Wentworth Miscellanie Ep. Ded. sig. ⊗^v A matter therefore for excellencie not only in Confession deseruing approouement, but much more in Action (suffragating thereto) singulerly applauded. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 62 Unless there were some common consonancy and congruity of somewhat inherent in Nature which suits, corresponds and suffragates to that Tradition. c. intransitive. With to. To testify, to bear witness to the truth or validity of something; to corroborate or confirm. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] to bear (one) witnesslOE witne?c1225 to bear witnessinga1300 to bear recordc1330 testimonyc1330 testify1377 witnessc1380 recordc1400 militatec1600 suffragate1620 testate1624 depone1640 attest1672 rap1728 certify1874 certificate1907 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 233 Verbes, to witnes, testifie,..Suffragate. 1668 J. Glanvill Plus Ultra xv. 112 Having arbitrarily pitch'd his Theories, his [sc. Aristotle's] manner was to force Experience to suffragate, and yield countenance to his precarious Propositions. 1762 T. Patten King David Vindicated 11 It were easy to be more copious in such citations from the holy scriptures as do honour to David's moral character and suffragate to the purity, the integrity, the pious temper of his heart. 3. intransitive. To vote for (later also with) a particular party, cause, or candidate; to vote in an election, as a member of a deliberative body, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > give (a vote) [verb (transitive)] > vote for to give voice to1566 vote1599 suffragate1637 suffrage1641 voice?1641 1637 Contin. Actions, Passages, & Occurr. Upper Germanie i. 19 They [sc. the Prince-Electors] were entertained..with a sumptuous feast,..his Imperiall Majestie desiring to expresse his gratefull heart for their willingnesse to suffragate so unanimously for the Kings election. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 294 Χειροτονία and χειροτονεεῖν..properly indeed signifies peoples suffragating by stretching forth of hands in publike and popular elections. 1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 869 Michael Ward..was incorp. in the said degree, with liberty given him to suffragate in Congreg. and Convoc. 1810 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 103/2 Of all election manoeuvres, no single one is more to the purpose of either contending party, than carefully to keep all neutrals at least in the best possible humour, under a fair hope that they may be tempted, though silent now, to suffragate with one or the other candidate at some future opportunity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1602
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