Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VO'TIVE
VO'TIVE, a. [Fr. votif; L. votivus, from votus, vowed.]
Given by vow; devoted; as, votive offerings. Votive medals, are those on which vows of the people for emperors or empresses are expressed. Venus, take my votive glass. – Prior.
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