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Definitions for: Elective [adj] subject to popular election; "elective official"
[adj] not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study"
Webster (1913) Definition: E*lect"ive, a. [Cf. F. ['e]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.
E*lect"ive, n.
In an American college, an optional study or course of study.
[Colloq.]
Synonyms: elected, electoral, nonappointive, optional
Antonyms: appointed, appointive
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