Definition of elect

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Elect (a.) Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect..

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Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A person who votes more than once at an election.
Thunder :: Thunder (n.) The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
Nonelectric :: Nonelectric (n.) A substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal..
Republic :: Republic (a.) A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2..
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc..
Eligible :: Eligible (a.) Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house..
Electrotype :: Electrotype (v. t.) To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote..
Elect :: Elect (a.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
Chosen :: Chosen (p. p.) Selected from a number; picked out; choice.
Decimation :: Decimation (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment..
Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election..
Storven :: Storthing (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions..
Scyphophori :: Scyphophori (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.
Current :: Current (a.) A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity..
Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
Registration :: Registration (v.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
Electrotonize :: Electrotonize (v. t.) To cause or produce electrotonus.
Edit :: Edit (v. t.) To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper..
Voltaism :: Voltaism (n.) That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals..
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