Definition of Elect

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Definition of Elect

Elect

Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.

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

One chosen or set apart.

Those who are chosen for salvation.

To pick out; to select; to choose.

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

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

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Elect Quotations

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
Anais Nin

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.
Dan Quayle

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
Bernard Baruch

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?
Peter Jennings

There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law.
Pat Robertson

We shall tax and tax, and spend and spend, and elect and elect.
Harry Hopkins

Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.
Mary Douglas

We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical.
Dixie Lee Ray

I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway.
Star Jones

Elect Translations

elect in Afrikaans is kies, verkies
elect in Dutch is uitlezen, kiezen, uitkiezen
elect in Finnish is valita
elect in Latin is desumo
elect in Norwegian is velge
elect in Portuguese is escolher, eleja
elect in Spanish is escoger

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