noun
- Persuasion of voters in a political campaign.
- synonyms: electioneering, bell ringing
verb
- Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.
- Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions.
- Cover with canvas.
- usage: "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"
- synonyms: canvas
- Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
- usage: "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
- Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions.
- Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.
- Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
- usage: "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
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