Main Entry: ³elect

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin electus

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 : to select by vote for an office, position, or membership <elected 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