Part 3651

<hw>E*lect"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One chosen or set apart.</def>

<blockquote>Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine <b>elect</b>, in whom my soul delighteth. <i>Is. xlii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>Those who are chosen for salvation.</def>

<blockquote>Shall not God avenge his won <b>elect</b>? <i>Luke xviii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elect</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Elected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Electing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To pick out; to select; to choose.</def>

<blockquote>The deputy <b>elected</b> by the Lord. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To select or take for an office; to select by vote; <as>as, to <ex>elect</ex> a representative, a president, or a governor</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To choose; prefer; select. See <er>Choose</er>.</syn>

<h1>Electant</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>electans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>electare</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who has the power of choosing; an elector.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Electary</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lec"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Electuary</er>.</def>

<h1>Electic</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lec"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Eclectic</er>.</def>

<h1>Electicism</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lec"ti*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Eclecticism</er>.</def>

<h1>Election</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82lection</ets>, L. <ets>electio</ets>, fr. <ets>eligere</ets> to choose out. See <er>Elect</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of choosing; choice; selection.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or <i>viva voce</i>; <as>as, the <ex>election</ex> of a president or a mayor</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Corruption in <b>elections</b> is the great enemy of freedom. <i>J. Adams.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.</def> "By his own <i>election</i> led to ill."

<i>Daniel.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Discriminating choice; discernment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To use men with much difference and <b>election</b> is good. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>