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/ɪlˈɛktəd/ /ɪlˈɛktɪd/ Listen

verb

Elect v. t. (past & past part. elected; pres. part. electing)

To pick out; to select; to choose. "The deputy elected by the Lord."

To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

(Theol.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

Synonyms: To choose; prefer; select. See Choose.

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Etymology of 'Elected'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Elected" Quotes from Famous Books

... she went to see Judge Cutler and when the stockholders' meeting was finally called, she attended it in person—holding practically all the stock—and Judge Cutler was elected to ...

— Mary Minds Her Business • George Weston

... you have made of them in your letter, loves you too with that respect and love your are held in ther esteem, for such disinterestioness in imparting knowledge to them during your stay here with us. I have the pleasure also, to mention you that our Government in counsel has elected me to assume the reins of Government notwithstanding my juvenility; and I am pleased to see the love the people have for me, most undoubtedly arising from the respect and veneration they have had for my beloved royal Father and I hope to render them prosperity and peace, and equal measure, they ...

— The English Governess At The Siamese Court • Anna Harriette Leonowens

... the brain which had largely conceived and executed the consolidation of principalities of which the Imperial Railroad was the result and, as surely as tough metal prevails, Mr. Flint, after many other trials and errors of weaker stuff, had been elected to the place for which he was so supremely fitted. We are so used in America to these tremendous rises that a paragraph will suffice to place Mr. Flint in his Aladdin's palace. To do him justice, he cared ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... that the body of their prophet cast no shadow. Mustafa means "The Chosen," "The Elected," one ...

— Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes • Mir Amman of Dihli

... together—and they were well armed and well mounted. They were mostly men who had undergone all kinds of hardships and braved every danger, and they were ready and anxious to "tackle" any number of Indians. Wild Bill, who had been driving stage on the road and had recently come down to our division, was elected captain of the company. It was supposed that the stolen stock had been taken to the head of the Powder River and vicinity, and the party, of which I was a member, started out for that section in ...

— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

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