make formal or official

A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue, The number of votes cast in an election or to resolve an issue, The right to participate as a voter; suffrage, intransitive verb_ To express one's preference for a candidate or for a proposed resolution of an issue; cast a vote, To express one's preference for by vote, Informal To state as a preference or opinion, transitive verb_ To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote, obsolete To condemn; to devote; to doom, colloq. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote, verb_ To cast a vote; to assert a formalised choice in an election, express one's choice or preference by vote, bring into existence or make available by vote