elect

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) (theology) In Calvinist theology, those foreordained to Heaven.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something).
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election.
  4. Adjective.  (context, used only after the noun) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

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