elect
- Noun. (uncountable) (theology) In Calvinist theology, those foreordained to Heaven.
- Verb. (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something).
- Verb. (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election.
- 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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