veto English · revision 372

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈviːtəʊ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈvi.toʊ/, /ˈviˌtoʊ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|vetō|t=I forbid]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) the first person singular present indicative of ''vetāre'' “to forbid”, a verb of unknown origin.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The Roman tribunes of the people used the word when opposing measures of the Senate or the magistrates.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Hendrickson 2008) Like ''memento'' and ''caveat'', it is an inflected Latin verb taken over as an English base.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A prohibition intended to prevent a proposed act, or the power of preventing it (1629).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The specific political sense, the act of a competent person or body blocking legislation, is recorded from 1759,^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) especially a chief executive's rejection of a bill passed by the legislature.^(Etymonline)^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) By 1792 the word was extended to any authoritative power of forbidding.^(Etymonline) The verb dates from 1706, first of legislative measures,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) and from 1879 in general use.^(OED 1989) The ''pocket veto'' is an American term for a president's or governor's veto by retaining a bill unsigned at the end of a session, first used by Andrew Jackson.^(Hendrickson 2008) Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were called ''Monsieur'' and ''Madame Veto'' for vetoing many decrees of the Constituent Assembly in 1791.^(Hendrickson 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1629 – noun, a prohibition.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1706 – verb, to veto a legislative measure.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1759 – the political act of blocking legislation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1792 – any power of forbidding.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1879 – verb, in general use.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The constitutional right of one branch of government to reject the decisions of another, especially a [[chief executive]]'s power to reject a bill passed by the [[legislature]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The exercise of this right, or the document setting out the reasons for it.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A vote by which one of the permanent members of the [[United Nations|alt=UN]] Security Council can block a decision.^(RHWU)

+ # An authoritative prohibition or rejection; an [[interdiction]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To prevent a bill from becoming law by exercising the power of veto.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To forbid or refuse to approve authoritatively.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vetoer]]

+ * [[unvetoed]]

+ * [[reveto]]

+ * [[liberum veto]]

+ * [[line-item veto]]

+ * [[pocket veto]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[caveat]]

+ * [[memento]]

+ * [[tribune]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}