adj.
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin electus
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to select by vote for an office, position, or membership < elect ed her class president>
2 : to make a selection of <will elect an academic program>
3 : to choose (as a course of action) especially by preference <might elect to sell the business>
intransitive verb : to make a selection