Obs. [? f. the vb.; or ? ad. L. ēlect-us, f. ēligĕre; see next.] = ELECTION.
1398. Trevisa, Barth De P. R., II. xix. (1495), 44. By electes and choys [L. electione] of his owne free aduysement he … wolde be rebell agaynst god.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., IX. xxvii. 141. Schire Henry … Wald þis Elect had beene undone Sua þat his Son mycht be Promovit to þat Dignite.
