canvass

canvass a district for votes

they're canvassing support among shareholders.

the door had been canvassed over.

early retirement was canvassed as a solution to the problem of unemployment.

the issues that were canvassed are still unresolved.

they promised to canvass all member clubs for their views.

in each ward, two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters.

He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs.

I exscind my skin ,in order to canvass my heart,a vivid heart,a bloody heart,an entire heart.

Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house--a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day “drummers.