All 3 Uses
canvass
in
Killing Lincoln
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- If it is to be an Illumination party, Booth will canvass the city's notable residences for signs of a celebration.†
p. 121.9 *canvass = get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions; or solicit votes
- Federal officials will seal off Washington, D.C., and canvass the Maryland and Virginia countryside, but with Atzerodt's guidance Booth and his men will rush through rural Maryland ahead of the search parties, cross the Potomac, and then follow smugglers' routes south to Mexico.†
p. 134.9
- Quickly canvassing the empty room, they come up with the first solid leads about Lincoln's murder.†
p. 236.7canvassing = examining an issue, getting opinions by asking specific questions; and/or asking people for political support individually
Definitions:
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(1)
(canvass as in: canvass the crowd) examine an issue, get opinions by asking specific questions; and/or ask people for political support individually
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)