CANVASS
canvass
Noun
- A solicitation of voters or public opinion.
Verb
- To solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.
- to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions
- To conduct a survey.
- To campaign.
- To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize.
- to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote
- To examine by discussion; to debate.
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