Suf"fra*gate (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Suffragated (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Suffragating.] [L. suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See
Suffragan, a.] To vote or vote with. [Obs.] "Suffragating tribes."
Dryden.
Suf"fra*ga`tor (?), n. [L.] One who assists or favors by his vote.
[Obs.]
Suf"frage (?), n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken
piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of
frangere to break. See Break.] 1. A vote given in deciding a
controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or
trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.