electioneer

i. [Eng. election; -eer.] To canva or work at any election in the interests of some particular candidate or candidates. "All those underlings who delight in galloping round the country to electioneer."-Mi Edge worth: Kosanna, ch. iii. *ĕ-lěc-tion-eër-er, s. [Eng. electioneer; -er.] One who canva es or works in the interests of some particular candidate or candidates at an election. "Her urgent entreaties were now joined to those of Lord Glistonbury and of many loud-tongued election. eerers."-Mi Edge worth: Vivian , ch. ii. ĕ-lěc-tion-eër-Ing, pr. par., a. & s. A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of canva ing or working in the interests of some particular candidate or candidates at an election; the tactics employed at an election in favor of a candidate. "Such a master of the art of electioneering Chicago had never seen." -Record, January 30, 1894. ĕ-lěc-tive, a. [Fr. électif; Sp. & Port. electivo.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Chosen by election; dependent on or appointed by election. "Disputes between the hereditary and the elective branch of the legislature." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xxi. 2. Bestowed or pa ing by election. "I will say positively and resolutely, that it is impo ible an elective monarchy should be so free and absolute as an hereditary."-Bacon. 3. Pertaining to the right or privilege of election or choice; as, an elective franchise. 4. Exerting or exercising the power of choice. "All moral goodne consist eth in the elective act of the understanding will."-Grew: Cosmologia Sacra . II. Chem.: Having a tendency to unite with certain kinds of matter in preference to others; as, elective affinity. elective-monarchy, s . A monarchy in which the succe ive kings are elected instead of obtaining the throne by hereditary descent. *ě lective-lý, adv . [Eng. elective ; -ly.] By way of election; by choice; with preference for one before another. "How or why that should have such an influence upon the spirits, as to drive them into those muscles electively, I am not subtile enough to discern."-Ray: The Creation. ĕ-lěc-tõr, *e-lec-tour, s. (Lat., from elect us , pa. par. of eligo to elect; Fr. électeur ; Sp. elector ; Ital. elettore.J 1. Gen .: One who has the right, power, or privilege of electing; a person who is by law entitled to take part in any election, or to vote for any candidate; a person who po e es such qualifications of age, property, character, ., as are by law declared to be nece ary to entitle him to a vote. after the first Monday in November, instead of voting directly for the President and Vice-president of the United States, the qualified voters of each state vote for as many electors as their state has Senators and Representatives in Congre . The electors thus chosen constitute the Electoral-college. These electors meet in their respective states on the second Monday of January following, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-president. Three lists of the persons voted for, and the number of votes received by each, are certified to and signed by all the electors, and sealed. One list is deposited with the United States District Court Judge of the district in which the electors meet; the other two are sent by the Secretary of State to the President of the United States Senate, one by mail and one by me enger. On the second Wednesday of February the lists from the several states are opened by the President of the Senate in the B. As subst .: A non-conductor of electricity, and in which, therefore, it can be accumulated. Examples, amber, shellac, the resins, wax, sulphur, gla , silk, dry paper. .