Elect

Noun

 * 1)   In Calvinist theology, those foreordained to Heaven.

Antonyms

 * reprobate

Verb

 * 1)  To choose or make a decision (to do something)
 * 2)  To choose (a candidate) in an election

Related terms

 * election
 * elective
 * elite
 * select
 * selection
 * selective

Adjective

 * 1)  Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
 * He is the President-elect.
 * 1) * 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 16
 * She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect.

Adverbs for Elect
unanimously; tacitly; spontaneously; subsequently; optionally; popularly; municipally; decisively; willingly; virtually.

Thesaurus
FFVs, accept, accepted, admit, adopted, ancienne noblesse, appoint, appointed, approved, aristocracy, back, back up, ballot, baronage, baronetage, best, carried, champion, chivalry, choice, choose, chosen, chosen people, clannish, cliquish, co-opt, conclude, cream, cull, decide, delivered, designate, designated, destined, determine, elected, elected by acclamation, elite, embraced, endorse, espoused, exclusive, fat, first-class, first-rate, flower, for the best, greatest, handpicked, haut monde, high life, high society, judge, knightage, like, make choice of, mark, matchless, name, named, nobility, noblesse, noblesse de robe, nominate, nominated, nonesuch, nonpareil, old nobility, opt, opt for, optimal, optimum, ordained, paragon, paramount, passed, peerage, peerless, pick, pick and choose, picked, place in office, please, prefer, prime, prize, queen, quintessence, quintessential, rare, ratified, receive, redeemed, reprobate, resolve, royalty, saved, select, selected, selective, settle, single, single out, snobbish, snobby, superlative, support, supreme, surpassing, take, the Four Hundred, the best, the best ever, the classes, the tops, the very best, unanimously elected, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, upper classes, upper crust, upper ten, upper ten thousand, uppercut, very best, vote, vote for, vote in, wish

Etymology
< electus:, past participle of eligere: < e-: + legere:; see legend:.

Cognate to eclectic:, which is via 🇬🇷 rather than, hence prefix ἐκ:, rather than e-: (from ex:).

Verb

 * Armenian: ընտրել
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 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: выбирать (vybirát'), выбрать (výbrat')
 * Scottish Gaelic:
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 * Armenian: ընտրել
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
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 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
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 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: выбирать (vybirát'), выбрать (výbrat') ; избирать (izbirát') , избрать (izbrát')
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: elegir
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Adjective

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