canvass (subst.) Copy link Outline 1. ambĭtĭo (a legal c.)2. ambĭtus, ūs (an unlawful c.)3. pĕtītĭo4. prensātio (opening of a canvass by shaking people's hands) • canvass (subst.): 1. ambĭtĭo (a legal c.): my c. withdrew me from that consideration, mea me a. ab illa cogitatione abstrahebat, Cic. 2. ambĭtus, ūs (an unlawful c.): v. bribery: Cic. 3. pĕtītĭo: to devote oneself to a c., i. e. to solicit an office, petitioni se dare, Cic.: v. candidateship. 4. prensātio (opening of a canvass by shaking people's hands): Cic. Att. 1, 1, init.