canvass

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To thoroughly examine or investigate (something) physically or by discussion; to debate, to gather opinion, to scrutinize.

   “And with the aunſwere here vpon eftſoones in hand they go, / The doubtfull wordes wherof they ſcan and canuas to and fro.”

2. fiil To scrutinize (the ballot in an election or the votes cast) and reject irregular votes; also, to challenge or dispute (an election result).

   “The poll was cloſed when the Court thought they had the majority: But upon caſting it up it appeared they had loſt it: So they fell to canvaſs it: And they made ſuch exceptions to thoſe of the other ſide, that they diſcounted as many voices as gave them the majority.”

3. fiil To seek or solicit donations, information, opinions, support, etc. from (people or a place)

   “The police are canvassing the neighbourhood for information about the missing child.”

4. fiil To seek the support of (voters or a constituency) in a forthcoming election or poll through personal solicitation or public addresses.

   “The electoral candidate canvassed the district for votes.”

5. fiil To toss (someone) in a (canvas) sheet for fun or as a punishment; to blanket.

   “Thou that giu'ſt VVhores Indulgences to ſinne, / Ile canuas thee in thy broad Cardinalls Hat, / If thou proceed in this thy inſolence.”

6. fiil To batter, beat, or thrash (someone or something).
7. fiil To assail or attack (someone or something).
8. fiil To severely criticize (a person, a written work, etc.).

   “So voluntarily, so freely, so coolly to canvass it!”

9. fiil To debate, to discuss.

   “I pulled down to Mr. Turnbull's, and told him my good and bad fortune. It being late, he ordered me some dinner in his study, and we sat there canvassing over the affair.”

10. fiil To seek or solicit donations, information, opinions, support, etc.; to conduct a survey.

    “Queene Elizabeth, being to reſolue vpon a great Officer, and being by ſome, that canuaſſed for others, put in ſome doubt of that perſon, vvhõ ſhe meant to aduance, […]”

11. fiil To seek the support of voters or a constituency in a forthcoming election or poll; to campaign.

    “[H]e endeavoured by his Agents to be choſe a Burgeſs for the Univerſity of Oxon, to ſerve in that Parliament vvhich began at VVeſtm[inster] 25 Apr. 1660, as at one or tvvo places beſides, vvhere he had canvas'd for votes; […]”

12. isim A seeking or solicitation of donations, information, opinions, support, etc.

    “By this harmonious distribution, the honors, which had before been held up to the highest bidder, or made the subject of a furious canvass, became the incentive and sure recompense of desert.”

13. isim A seeking or solicitation, or determination, of support or favourable votes in a forthcoming election or poll.

    “And certainly, there is great difference, betvveen a Cunning Man, and a Wiſe Man; Not onely in Point of Honeſty, but in point of Ability. There be that can packe the Cards, and yet cannot play vvell; So there are ſome, that are good in Canuaſſes, and Factions, that are othervviſe VVeake Men.”

14. isim A scrutiny of the votes cast in an election to reject irregular votes; also, a tally, audit, and certification of votes.

    “The canvasses are open to the public. You will be asked to sign in and follow certain rules to observe all canvasses. […] You must direct all questions concerning the canvass process to the Election Director or the individual organizing the canvass.”

15. isim A thorough discussion or investigation. (Possibly; the meaning is unclear.)

    “[…] I haue learned this faſhion of Sᵗ. Hierome the Oracle of Antiquitie, vvho vvas vvont to entertaine his Paula, and Euſtochium, Marcella, Principia, Hedibia, and other deuout Ladies, vvith learned canuaſes of the deep pointes of Diuinity.”

16. isim Rejection (at an election, of a suit, etc.).

    “And now I'll tell thee, I have promis'd him / As much as marriage comes to, and I lose / My honour, if my don receive the canvas.”

17. isim Obsolete spelling of canvas.