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elect
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?l?ctus, past participle of ?lig? (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ?- (“out”) + leg? (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.
Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ?? (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?kt/, /i??l?kt/
- Hyphenation: elect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
elect (plural elects or elect)
- One chosen or set apart.
- (theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
- Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.
- Shall not God avenge his won elect?
Antonyms
- reprobate
Derived terms
- president-elect
Translations
Verb
elect (third-person singular simple present elects, present participle electing, simple past and past participle elected)
- (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
- (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
elect (not comparable)
- (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
- He is the President elect.
- Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
- the elect angels
Translations
Further reading
- elect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- elect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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assign
English
Etymology
From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assign?, from ad- + sign? (“mark, sign”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??sa?n/
- Hyphenation: as?sign
- Rhymes: -a?n
Verb
assign (third-person singular simple present assigns, present participle assigning, simple past and past participle assigned)
- (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
- (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
- (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
- (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
- (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
Synonyms
- (set apart something for some purpose): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
- (transfer property): consign, convey; see also Thesaurus:transfer
Derived terms
- assignment
- assignable
- assignation
Translations
Noun
assign (plural assigns)
- An assignee.
- (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
- (obsolete) An assignment or appointment.
- (obsolete) A design or purpose.
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