votedadj.
/ˈvəʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdəd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed
behotenc1200
hotena1325
plightedc1325
fasted1440
promised1449
pledged1552
faithed1556
behighted1571
voted1586
vowed1590
sacramental1665
avowed1720
sworn1819
arrhal1873
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. ii. 5 His wife and Sister..with Vesta seeke to shunne The voted fathers deadlie doome.
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xii. 244 Of a voted Hart The Antlers from a pine he puls.
1700 H. Walwyn Poem 1 Oft had the list'ning Angels heard him Teach These Things on Earth in their Seraphick Speech, And now to Heav'n their Voted Member fetch.
2. Established or assigned by vote.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [adjective] > voted
voted1642
1642 Animadversions Animadverted 2 in Animadversions Notes Late Observator (new ed.) When therefore such a Question shall justly arise betwixt King and Common-wealth..it cannot fall under the examination of any inferiour judicature (with which those so known voted Laws, the Animadversor speaks of, are to be found).
1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 VII. 484 The fees paid..for the voted services is 1 1/2d. in the pound.
1929 Archit. Forum 50 i. 480/1 That the town kept expanding is evidenced in the voted ruling that ‘Horses, neat cattle, mules, swine and geese shall be prohibited from running at large on the Highways or Commons of this town’.
2003 Bond Buyer 16 July 1 Dayton was the first of the state's largest districts to try to issue the entire voted amount up front to fund its projects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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