Definition of elect

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Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor..

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Bibliomancy :: Bibliomancy (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events..
Electoress :: Electoress (n.) An electress.
Delectus :: Delectus (n.) A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.
Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
Elect :: Elect (v. t.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor..
Elisor :: Elisor (n.) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.
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Prelection :: Prelection (n.) A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.
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Reading :: Reading (n.) A lecture or prelection; public recital.
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Transformer :: Transformer (n.) One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage..
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