1. To reverse or annul by revoting.
trans. 1647. in 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. 456/2. They were forced to unvote what they had passed the day before.
1708. Deplorable State of New Eng., 35. The Business was so managed … that altho’ … one Day it was Voted, That the Fort should be Attack’d, it was by’nd by, Unvoted again.
intr. 1647. R. Kentish, Serm. to Comm. (1648), 12. They … will vote and un-vote, as the times turn.
1653. Pol. Ballads (1860), I. 108. They voted, unvoted, as fancy did guide.
2. trans. To deprive by a vote. Const. of.
1658. J. Harrington, Prerog. Pop. Govt., I. vii. 35. If they unchirotonized or unvoted God of the Kingdome.
Hence Unvoting vbl. sb.
1642. Howell, Twelve Treat. (1661), 40. A Bill for the unvoting, and utter exclusion of the Spirituall Lords from the Parliament.
1643. Prynne, Sov. Power Parl., IV. 24. His Majesties … unvoting of their Votes in Parliament.
