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Webster 1913 Edition
Elect
E-lect′
,Adj.
1.
Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
“Colors quaint elect.” Spenser.
2.
(Theol.)
Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
“The elect angels.” 1 Tim. v. 21.
3.
Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it;
as, bishop
elect
; governor or mayor elect
.E-lect′
,Noun.
1.
One chosen or set apart.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine
elect
, in whom my soul delighteth. Is. xlii. 1.
2.
pl.
(Theol.)
Those who are chosen for salvation.
Shall not God avenge his won
elect
? Luke xviii. 7.
E-lect′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Elected
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Electing
.] 1.
To pick out; to select; to choose.
The deputy
elected
by the Lord. Shakespeare
2.
To select or take for an office; to select by vote;
as, to
. elect
a representative, a president, or a governor
Syn. – To choose; prefer; select. See
Choose
. Webster 1828 Edition
Elect
ELECT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
Properly, to pick out; to select from among two or more, that which is preferred. Hence,2.
To select or take for an office or employment; to choose from among a number; to select or manifest preference by vote or designation; as, to elect a representative by ballot or viva voce; to elect a president or governor.3.
In theology, to designate, choose or select as an object of mercy or favor.4.
To choose; to prefer; to determine in favor of.ELECT'
,Adj.
1.
In theology, chosen as the object of mercy; chosen, selected or designated to eternal life; predestinated in the divine counsels.2.
Chosen, but no inaugurated, consecrated or invested with office; as bishop elect; emperor elect; governor or mayor elect. But in the scriptures, and in theology, this word is generally used as a noun.ELECT'
,Noun.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. Is. 42.
1.
Chosen or designated by God to salvation; predestinated to glory as the end, and to sanctification as the means; usually with a plural signification, the elect.Shall not God avenge his own elect? Luke 18.
If it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Matt.24.
He shall send his angels--and they shall gather his elect from the four winds. Matt.24.
2.
Chosen; selected; set apart as a peculiar church and people; applied to the Israelites. Is.45.Definition 2024
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See also: -elect
English
Noun
elect (plural elects or elect)
- One chosen or set apart.
- (uncountable, theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
- Bible, Isaiah xlii. 1
- Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.
- Bible, Luke xviii. 7
- Shall not God avenge his won elect?
- Bible, Isaiah xlii. 1
Antonyms
Verb
elect (third-person singular simple present elects, present participle electing, simple past and past participle elected)
- (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
- (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election
Related terms
Translations
to choose or make decision
to choose in election
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Adjective
elect (not comparable)
- (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
- He is the President elect.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 16
- She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect.
- Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
- Spenser
- colours quaint elect
- Bible, 1 Timothy v. 21
- the elect angels
- Spenser
Translations
who has been elected