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polleth

polleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of poll.

Meaning of poll

Verb

poll (third-person singular simple present polls, present participle polling, simple past and past participle polled)

  1. (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
  2. (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
  3. (intransitive) To vote at an election.
    • Mr. Millbank's friends were not disheartened, as it was known that the leading members of Mr. Rigby's Committee had polled; whereas his opponent's were principally reserved.1844, B[enjamin] Disraeli, chapter IV, in Coningsby; or, The New Generation. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, book V, page 271
  4. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
    • He polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
  5. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
    • to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass
  6. (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
    • when he [Absalom] polled his head1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Bible Samuel/#14 2 Samuel:14–26

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What is polleth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Polleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of poll.

Words near polleth in the dictionary

  1. pollercoaster
  2. pollercoasters
  3. pollers
  4. Pollestres
  5. Pollet
  6. polleth
  7. Pollets
  8. pollex
  9. pollexes
  10. Polley
  11. Polleys

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