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elective |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elective \E*lect"ive\, n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elective \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elective adj 1: subject to popular election; "elective official" [syn: {elected}] [ant: {appointive}] 2: not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study"
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