Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Votá-re, v. a.
1. to empty, to clear, to make void or empty. — un fiasco, to empty a bottle. — il pollo, to draw poultry. Far — la sella ad uno, to throw one down from his horse. — una camera, to clear a room. — uno stagno,to drain a pond. — un luogo, to leave a place, to march away. — il paese, to leave the country. — il sacco, to say without reserve what one knows. — lo scrigno, to spend all one has; 2. to vow, to promise; 3. to vote, to give one's vote at an election; v. n. to become empty; v. r. to devote or consecrate one's self;s. m. Votá-tóre, f. Votá-tríce.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
votare: with a round and open o signifieth to emptie to make void or hollew.
