See Also: elect(medicine)
pre-elect(2)(dictionary)
pre-elect(1)(dictionary)
elect(2)(dictionary)
elect(1)(dictionary)
re-elect(dictionary)
Elect(money)
Elect(finance)
president-elect(dictionary)
elect 2, adjective(dictionary)

elect(1) (iou)



elect adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin electus pa. pple of eligere, from e- E- + legere choose.]
A. adjective.
Chosen for an office or position; esp. chosen but not yet installed. Usu. postpositive. LME.
C. Wilmot The Bride elect dissolved in tears. T. Heggen He went down to take among the crew his rightful place as hero-elect of a legend in the making.
gen. Picked out, chosen; select, choice. L15.
Theology. Chosen by God for salvation. E16.
R. Hooker The elect Angels are without possibilitie of falling.
b. noun.
A choice. Only in LME.
A person chosen for an office or position, esp. a bishopric. LME-E18.
Theology.
a. A person chosen by God, esp. for salvation. LME-M17.
b. the elect, those chosen by God for salvation. M16.
Hist. In the Royal College of Physicians, each of the eight officers who formerly granted licences and elected the President. E16.
A specially chosen group of people; an elite. E17.