DEFINITION
ELECT:
• (a.) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
• (a.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to
eternal life.
• (a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it;
as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.
• (n.) One chosen or set apart.
• (n.) Those who are chosen for salvation.
• (v. t.) To pick out; to select; to choose.
• (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as,
to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
• (v. t.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or
favor.