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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'Elective | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'Elective | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Elective \E*lect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. [82]lectif.] 1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act. 2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral. The independent use of their elective franchise. --Bancroft. 3. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office. Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. --Dryden. {Elective affinity} [or] {attraction} (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Elective \E*lect"ive\, n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study. [Colloq.] | |
