Definitions
Choose someone for office by voting.
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Used in a sentence
“Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.”
“Shall not God avenge his won elect?”
“President Obama in a speech this past week said that we should solve the nation's bee problem. Oh, God, we elected a guy who sympathizes with bees?”
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