canvassverb詞源 1/ˈkænvəs/

• 1

  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.
  • Vpon feſtiuall dayes he goes to Court, & ſalutes without reſaluting: at night in an Ordinary he canuaſſeth the buſineſſe in hand, and ſeems as conuerſant with all intents and plots as if he begot them.
• 2

  governmentpoliticsTo 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.
  • Teams of two people - called “canvassing teams” - review ballots and the envelopes with the ballots inside. […] You can observe the canvassing teams review and open mail-in ballot envelopes and open provisional ballot applications.
• 3

  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.
  • He who ſcorned to ſave his life by bending the will of the ſon, was not likely to canvaſs the favour of the father, by proſtituting his pen to the humour of the court.
• 4

  governmentpoliticsTo 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.
  • He said, that in the next parliament it was probable that he should canvass the county, and he hoped to get Pendennis’s interest here.
• 5

  obsoleteTo 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

  obsoleteTo batter, beat, or thrash (someone or something).

  • But nowe the Meſſenger that was thus ſent to the Lorde Hume [Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home], comming to him declared in what caſe hys houſe and people ſtoode, who beeing (as was ſuppoſed) not ſo farre off, but that he might heare howe luſtily the Engliſhe Canons did canuas and batter his Humiſhe Caſtell Walles, did nowe agree to meete the Marshall maiſter Drurie [William Drury] two myles diſtant from the ſayde Caſtell, and there to common further with him in that matter.
• 7

  obsoleteTo assail or attack (someone or something).

• 8

  obsoleteTo severely criticize (a person, a written work, etc.).

  • So voluntarily, so freely, so coolly to canvass it!

canvassnoun詞源 1/ˈkænvəs/

• 1

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

  • It is a wonder to ſee how ſlauiſhly theſe kinde of [ambitious] men will ſubiect themſelues, vvhen they are about a canvas, to euery inferiour perſon, vvhat paines they vvill take, runne, ride, caſt, plot & countermine, proteſt & ſvveare, vow, promiſe, vvhat labours vndergoe, earely vp, dovvne late; […]
  • I know well enough that the biſhoprics and cures, under kingly and ſeignoral patronage, as now they are in England, and as they have been lately in France, are ſometimes acquired by unworthy methods; but the other mode of eccleſiaſtical canvas ſubjects them infinitely more ſurely and more generally to all the evil arts of low ambition, which, operating on and through greater numbers, will produce miſchief in proportion.
• 2

  governmentpoliticsA 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.
  • In the election of which Proctors, was the greateſt canvas, (as 'twas thought) in the memory of Man. […] For the taking of the Suffrages, […] the ſcrutiny continued till after 9 of the clock at night. In the year 1616 was a greater Canvas than this, there being then 1078 voices given on all Sides.
• 3

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

  • Elections officials [in California] have approximately one month (28 days for presidential electors and 30 days for all other contests) to complete their extensive tallying, auditing, and certification work (known as the ‘official canvass’). Most notably, voting by mail has increased significantly in recent years and many vote-by-mail ballots arrive on, or up to three days after, Election Day (vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the county elections official no later than three days after the election are included in the canvass).
  • 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.
• 4

  obsoleteA 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.
  • But mistake me not, Reader; I do not contend (in thus arguing) that this opinion of the Præexistency of the Soul, is true, but that it is not such a self-condemned Falsity, but that I might without justly incurring the censure of any Vainnesse or Levity, deem it worthy the canvase and discussion of sober and considerate men.
• 5

  obsoleteRejection (at an election, of a suit, etc.).

  • But vvhy ſhouldſt thou take thy Canvas ſo to heart? It may bee thou art not fit. But as a childe that vveares his fathers ſhooes, hat, headpeece, breſtplate, or breeches; or holds his ſpeare, but is nether able to vveild the one, or vveare the other; ſo vvouldſt thou doe by ſuch an office or Magiſtracy, thou art vnfit.
  • 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.

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