countervote

== English == === Etymology === From counter- +‎ vote. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (verb) /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/ IPA(key): (noun) /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvəʊt/ === Verb === countervote (third-person singular simple present countervotes, present participle countervoting, simple past and past participle countervoted) To vote against. To balance or overcome by voting. 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects he would doubtless have been more a Friend to himself and a Father to his Family than to have countervoted God in his Choice and Election for him. === Noun === countervote (plural countervotes) A vote that goes against another. === References === “countervote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.