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Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. "Colors quaint elect." Spenser.

One who has the power of choosing; an elector. [R.]

See Electuary.

See Eclectic.

See Eclecticism.

The act of choosing; choice; selection.

To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.

One who electioneers.

Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

In an elective manner; by choice.

One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.

The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.

An electress. Bp. Burnet.

Electoral. Burke.

The office or status of an elector.

Amber. See Electrum. [Obs.]

An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator. [R.]

The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. Burke.

A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.