elect (elekt)

and n. [= F. élit = Sp. electo = Pg. eleito = It. eletto, The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth. 2 John 1. Some I have chosen of peculiar grace, Elect above the rest. Milton , P. L., iii. 184. Thrilling with the electric touch of sacred leaves, he saw in vision, like Dante, that small proce ion of the elder poets to which only elect centuries can add another lau2. Chosen to an office, as by vote, but not yet inaugurated, consecrated, or invested with office: in this sense usually after the noun: as, governor or mayor elect. -3. Of such a nature as to merit choice or preference; noble; exalted. Emerson stood hale and serene and sane, elect and beautiful in every aspect of his mind. head. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 310. .. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 478. II. n. sing. or pl . 1. A person or persons chosen or set apart; one or more selected for a particular service or honor. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect , in whom my soul delight eth. Isa, xlii. 1. These reverend fathers,... the elect of the land. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 4. The executive, the elect of the whole State, has in no instance any medium of communication with his constituents, except through the legislature. IMG:content-0286.jpg:[graphic] N. A. Rev. , CXXIII. 4. 2. Those who are chosen by God to eternal life. He shall send his angels,... and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds. Mat. xxiv. 31. 'Tis true we all hold there is a number of elect , and many to be saved. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 56. As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, foreordained all the means thereunto. West. Conf. of Faith , iii. § 6. elect. An abbreviation of electric and electricity. electantt (e-lek'tant), n. [L. elect an (t-) s, ppr. of elect are, rare freq. of eligere, elect: see elect.] One having the power of choosing. You cannot go on further to entitle him a free electant too. A. Tucker , Light of Nature, II. iii. 26. electaryt (e-lek'tā-ri), n. An obsolete form of Seed-pearl were good now, boiled with syrup of apples, electuary. Tincture of gold, and coral, citron-pills, Your elicampane root, my rob a lanes. B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 2.