Eligible

el′i-ji-bl, adj. fit or worthy to be chosen: legally qualified: desirable.— n. ( coll. ) a person or thing eligible.— ns. El′igiblene , Eligibil′ity , fitne to be elected or chosen: the state of being preferable to something else: desirablene .— adv. El′igibly . [Fr.,—L. eligĕre . See Elect , v.t. ]