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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive & intransitive verb To register (someone) or be registered as a candidate in the primaries of more than one political party.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A file with two convex cutting faces of different curvatures, used in dressing the arms or crosses of small wheels.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb to register as a candidate for more than one political party in the same election.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

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