'Elect' definitions:
Definition of 'elect'
From: WordNet
adjective
Selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges" [syn: elect, elite]
adjective
Elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"
noun
An exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government" [syn: chosen, elect]
verb
Select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"
verb
Choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"
Definition of 'Elect'
From: GCIDE
- Elect \E*lect"\, a. [L. electus, p. p. of eligere to elect; e out + legere to choose. See Legend, and cf. Elite, Eclectic.]
- 1. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. "Colors quaint elect." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Theol.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life. "The elect angels." --1 Tim. v. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Elect'
From: GCIDE
- Elect \E*lect"\, n.
- 1. One chosen or set apart. [1913 Webster]
- Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. --Is. xlii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. (Theol.) Those who are chosen for salvation. [1913 Webster]
- Shall not God avenge his won elect? --Luke xviii. 7. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Elect'
From: GCIDE
- Elect \E*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elected; p. pr. & vb. n. Electing.]
- 1. To pick out; to select; to choose. [1913 Webster]
- The deputy elected by the Lord. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Theol.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.
- Syn: To choose; prefer; select. See Choose. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accept,
- accepted,
- admit,
- adopted,
- ancienne noblesse,
- appoint,
- appointed,
- approved,
- aristocracy,
- back,
- back up,
- ballot,
- baronage,
- baronetage,
- best,
- carried,
- champion,
- chivalry,
- choice,
- choose,
- chosen,
- chosen people,
- clannish,
- cliquish,
- co-opt,
- conclude,
- cream,
- cull,
- decide,
- delivered,
- designate,
- designated,
- destined,
- determine,
- elected,
- elected by acclamation,
- elite,
- embraced,
- endorse,
- espoused,
- exclusive,
- fat,
- FFVs,
- first-class,
- first-rate,
- flower,
- for the best,
- greatest,
- handpicked,
- haut monde,
- high life,
- high society,
- judge,
- knightage,
- like,
- make choice of,
- mark,
- matchless,
- name,
- named,
- nobility,
- noblesse,
- noblesse de robe,
- nominate,
- nominated,
- nonesuch,
- nonpareil,
- old nobility,
- opt,
- opt for,
- optimal,
- optimum,
- ordained,
- paragon,
- paramount,
- passed,
- peerage,
- peerless,
- pick,
- pick and choose,
- picked,
- place in office,
- please,
- prefer,
- prime,
- prize,
- queen,
- quintessence,
- quintessential,
- rare,
- ratified,
- receive,
- redeemed,
- reprobate,
- resolve,
- royalty,
- saved,
- select,
- selected,
- selective,
- settle,
- single,
- single out,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- superlative,
- support,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- take,
- the best,
- the best ever,
- the classes,
- the Four Hundred,
- the tops,
- the very best,
- unanimously elected,
- unmatchable,
- unmatched,
- unparalleled,
- unsurpassed,
- upper classes,
- upper crust,
- upper ten,
- upper ten thousand,
- uppercut,
- very best,
- vote,
- vote for,
- vote in,
- wish
Words containing 'Elect'
- Electant,
- Elected,
- Electer,
- Electic,
- Electing,
- Election,
- Elective,
- Electively,
- By-election,
- Elective affinity,
- Elective attraction,
- Elective franchise,
- To contest an election,
- elect lady,
- elected official,
- election commission,
- election day,
- election district,
- election fraud,
- election of grace,
- elective course,
- elective surgery,
- general election,
- primary election,
- right of election,
- runoff election,
- writ of election,
- Self-elective,
- To make one's election,
- bye-election,
- non-elective,
- Vitre-o-electic