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    e·lect
    [əˈlek(t)]
    verb
    elect (verb) · elects (third person present) · elected (past tense) · elected (past participle) · electing (present participle)
    1. choose (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting:
      "the members who were elected to the committee" · "they elected him leader"
      • opt for or choose to do something:
        "freshman year you could elect Industrial Arts" · "more people elected to work at home"
      • christian theology
        (of God) choose (someone) in preference to others for salvation.
    adjective
    elect (adjective)
    1. (of a person) chosen or singled out.
      • christian theology
        chosen by God for salvation:
        "the elect group of saints which was predestined for heaven"
      • elected to or chosen for a position but not yet in office:
        "the president elect"
    noun
    (the elect)
    elect (plural noun)
    1. people who are chosen or singled out:
      "one of the century's elect"
      • christian theology
        the people chosen by God for salvation:
        "success was a sign that they were one of the elect"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Latin elect- ‘picked out’, from the verb eligere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.
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    verb
    1. choose (someone) to hold public office or some other position by voting:
      pick
      select
      return
      appoint
      put in
      plump for
      vote (for)
      vote in
      choose (by ballot)
      cast one's vote for
      put in power
      opt for
      decide on
      settle on
      fix on
      Opposite:
      vote out
      noun
      1. people who are chosen or singled out:
        A-list
        the chosen
        the elite
        the select
        the favored
        the crème de la crème
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