'Elected' definitions:
Definition of 'elected'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Subject to popular election; "elective official" [syn: elective, elected] [ant: appointed, appointive]
Definition of 'Elected'
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 'elected'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Elected'
- Elect,
- Electant,
- 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