noun one chosen or set apart.
2. elect ·noun those who are chosen for salvation.
3. elect ·adj chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
4. elect ·vt to designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.
5. elect ·adj chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
6. elect ·vt to pick out; to select; to choose.
7. elect ·adj chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.
8. elect ·vt to select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.