elect

Meanings

Noun

• One chosen or set apart.
• In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

Verb

• To choose or make a decision (to do something)
• To choose (a candidate) in an election

Adjective

• Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
• Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Related

Opposite words

• reprobate

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō, from ē- + legō; see legend.
• Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ, rather than e- (from ex).