Part 3652

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.</def>

<blockquote>There is a remnant according to the <b>election</b> of grace. <i>Rom. xi. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Those who are elected.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>election</b> hath obtained it. <i>Rom. xi. 7.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To contest an election</col>. <cd>See under <er>Contest</er>.</cd> -- <col>To make one's election</col>, <cd>to choose.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>He <b>has made his election</b> to walk, in the main, in the old paths. <i>Fitzed. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Electioneer</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lec`tion*eer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Electionered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Electioneering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.</def>

<blockquote>A master of the whole art of <b>electioneering</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Electioneerer</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lec`tion*eer"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who electioneers.</def>

<h1>Elective</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectif</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Exerting the power of choice; selecting; <as>as, an <ex>elective</ex> act</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.</def>

<blockquote>The independent use of their <b>elective</b> franchise. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; <as>as, an <ex>elective</ex> study; an <ex>elective</ex> office.</as></def>

<blockquote>Kings of Rome were at first <b>elective</b>; . . . for such are the conditions of an <b>elective</b> kingdom. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Elective affinity</col> &or; <col>attraction</col></mcol> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.</cd></cs>

<h1>Elective</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>In an American college, an optional study or course of study.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Electively</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"ive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an elective manner; by choice.</def>

<h1>Elector</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>eligere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82lecteur</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.</def>