Elect

e-lekf, v. To pick out, make choice of; to select for office or employment, select by vote, choese, prefer, appoint. (theol.) To designate as an object of mercy or favor. —a. Chosen; taken by preference. (Theol.) Set apart to eternal life. Chosen, but not invested with office. — n. One chosen or set apart, pi. (Theol.) Those chosen for salvation. [L. eligere, electum, e and legere, to gather, choose.] — Elect'icism, -T-sizm, n. Eclecticism.— Election, n. Act of choosing; choice; act of choosing one to an office; power of choosing; free will discriminating choice discernment. (Theol.) Predetermination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation. Those elected. [OF.] — Elec'tioneeV, -er', v. [-eered (-ei-d'), -eering.] To use influence, argument, or arts for securing the election of a candidate. — Elect'ive, -iv, a. Exerting the power of choice; making selection; pert, to, consisting in, or dependent on, choice bestowed by election. — Elective affinity, or attraction, (Chem.) Tendency to unite with certain things rather than witli others. — Elecfively, adv. By choice or preference. — Elect'or, -er, n. One who elects, or has right of choice; one entitled to vote in favor of a candidate for office, or legally qualified to vote; one of the princes of Germany formerly entitled to choose the emperor; one chosen, by vote of the people in the S., to elect a president and vice-president. — Elecfre , n. The wife or widow of a German elector. — Elect'oral, -Sr-al, a. Pert, to, or consisting of, electors. — Electorate, -er-at, n. Dignity of an elector electorship territory of an elector. — Eligible, -jY-bl, a. Legally qualified; worthy to be chosen; desirable; oreferable. [F., L. eligere.]- Eligibly, -b\X,.adv. Suitably. — Eligible ne , -bil'ity, n. — Elite, a-lef, n. A choice o sel ect body; best part of anything. [F.]