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By-election
By-election By"-e*lec"tion, n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general
election.
ElecticElectic E*lec"tic, a.
See Eclectic. ElecticismElecticism E*lec"ti*cism, n.
See Eclecticism. ElectingElect E*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Electing.]
1. To pick out; to select; to choose.
The deputy elected by the Lord. --Shak.
2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to
elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
3. (Theol.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of
mercy or favor.
Syn: To choose; prefer; select. See Choose. ElectioneerElectioneer E*lec`tion*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
for securing the election of a candidate.
A master of the whole art of electioneering.
--Macaulay. Electioneerer
Electioneerer E*lec`tion*eer"er, n.
One who electioneers.
ElectioneeringElectioneer E*lec`tion*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
for securing the election of a candidate.
A master of the whole art of electioneering.
--Macaulay. ElectioneredElectioneer E*lec`tion*eer", v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Electionered; p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.]
To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts
for securing the election of a candidate.
A master of the whole art of electioneering.
--Macaulay. Elective
Elective E*lect"ive, n.
In an American college, an optional study or course of study.
[Colloq.]
Elective franchiseFranchise Fran"chise (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. franc, fem.
franche, free. See Frank, a.]
1. Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
[Obs.] --Spenser.
2. (LAw) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a
sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an
imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a
constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the
right to vote.
Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the
Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the
American people. --W. H.
Seward.
3. The district or jurisdiction to which a particular
privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an
asylum or sanctuary.
Churches and mobasteries in Spain are franchises for
criminals. --London
Encyc.
4. Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
``Franchise in woman.' [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Elective franchise, the privilege or right of voting in an
election of public officers. Electively
Electively E*lect"ive*ly, adv.
In an elective manner; by choice.
Natural selection 10. (Mus.)
(a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human
throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
(b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat
nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.
(c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which
moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but
little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of
Music).
Natural day, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer.
Natural fats, Natural gas, etc. See under Fat, Gas.
etc.
Natural Harmony (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common
chord.
Natural history, in its broadest sense, a history or
description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of
botany, zo["o]logy, geology, mineralogy,
paleontology, chemistry, and physics. In recent
usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of
botany and zo["o]logy collectively, and sometimes to the
science of zoology alone.
Natural law, that instinctive sense of justice and of right
and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished
from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated
human law.
Natural modulation (Mus.), transition from one key to its
relative keys.
Natural order. (Nat. Hist.) See under order.
Natural person. (Law) See under person, n.
Natural philosophy, originally, the study of nature in
general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science,
commonly called physics, which treats of the phenomena
and laws of matter and considers those effects only which
are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; --
contrasted with mental and moral philosophy.
Natural scale (Mus.), a scale which is written without
flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less
likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales
represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally
natural with the so-called natural scale
Natural science, natural history, in its broadest sense; --
used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral
science.
Natural selection (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural
laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed
selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in
the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural
selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly
by gradual changes of environment which have led to
corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms
which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the
changed environment have tended to survive and leave
similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly
adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for
the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the
fittest. See Darwinism.
Natural system (Bot. & Zo["o]l.), a classification based
upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all
parts of the organisms, and by their embryology.
It should be borne in mind that the natural system
of botany is natural only in the constitution of its
genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand
divisions. --Gray.
Natural theology, or Natural religion, that part of
theological science which treats of those evidences of the
existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are
exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed
religion. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3.
Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir,
her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest
open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel,
under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
Syn: See Native. Nonelection
Nonelection Non`e*lec"tion, n.
Failure of election.
Preelection
Preelection Pre`["e]*lec"tion, n.
Election beforehand.
PrelectingPrelect Pre*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Prelecting.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to
read before. See Pre-, and Lection.]
To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse. Prelection
Prelection Pre*lec"tion, n. [L. praelectio.]
A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.
``The prelections of Faber.' --Sir M. Hale.
Reelection
Reelection Re`["e]*lec"tion (-l?k"sh?n), n.
Election a second time, or anew; as, the re["e]lection of a
former chief.
SelectingSelect Se*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Selected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Selecting.]
To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from
among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best
authors for perusal. ``One peculiar nation to select.'
--Milton.
The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his
train selects. --Dryden. Selective
Selective Se*lect"ive, a.
Selecting; tending to select.
This selective providence of the Almighty. --Bp. Hall.
Sexual selectionSexual Sex"u*al, a. [L. sexualis, fr. sexus sex: cf. F.
sexuel.]
Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex;
peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female;
relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes;
proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual
characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce;
sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.
Sexual dimorphism (Biol.), the condition of having one of
the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing
in color, size, etc., as in many species of butterflies
which have two kinds of females.
Sexual method (Bot.), a method of classification proposed
by Linn[ae]us, founded mainly on difference in number and
position of the stamens and pistils of plants.
Sexual selection (Biol.), the selective preference of one
sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as
bright colors, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection
which results from certain individuals of one sex having
more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on
account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.;
applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results
from such sexual preferences. --Darwin.
In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems
to have acted independently of sexual selection.
--A. R.
Wallace. To contest an electionContest Con*test", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contested; p. pr. &
vb. n. Contesting.] [F. contester, fr. L. contestari to
call to witness, contestari litem to introduce a lawsuit by
calling witnesses, to bring an action; con- + testari to be a
witness, testic witness. See Testify.]
1. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or
emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to
controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
The people . . . contested not what was done.
--Locke.
Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty
repeated, few more contested than this. --J. D.
Morell.
2. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to
defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
3. (Law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a
suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law;
to controvert.
To contest an election. (Polit.)
(a) To strive to be elected.
(b) To dispute the declared result of an election.
Syn: To dispute; controvert; debate; litigate; oppose; argue;
contend. Vitre-o-electicVitre-o-electic Vit`re-o-e*lec"tic, a. [See Vitreous, and
Electric.] (Physics)
Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.
Meaning of Electi from wikipedia
- respectively, "Ite
benedicti et
electi in viam pacis: pro
vobis Deo
Patri hostia missa est" and "Ite
benedicti et
electi in viam pacis: pro
vobis Mariae...
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church structure,
divided into a
class of "elects" (
electi) and "auditors" (auditores). Only the
electi are
required to
follow the laws strictly,
while the...
- the
Roman chancellery of
Frederick III used the
interpretation En amor
electis iniustis ordinor ultor. Sic
Fridericus ego mea iura rego as the official...
- world). But in the book of the same author,
another page in
Latin "En, amor
electis,
iniustis ordinor ultor; Sic
Fridericus ego mea iura rego" (En, the love...
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elect are
saved wholly through the
grace of God—sola Dei
gratia salvantur electi.
Schaff sums up the three:
These three German theologians, Goch,
Wesel and...
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Adrian VI (1522).
Copia Brevis S. D. N.
Adriani VI. in
summum Pontificem electi, ad
sacrosanctum Cardinalium Collegium (in Latin).
Caesaraugusta (Saragossa)...
- Chinese: 默奚悉德; pinyin: mòxīxīdé) The
general body of the
Elect (Latin:
ēlēctī; Syriac: ܡܫܡܫܢܐ /m(ə)ʃamməʃɑne/;
Middle Persian:
ardawan or dēnāwar; Chinese:...
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scire debeatis quod
major pars
gentium in
partibus istis habitantium sunt
electi ad
colligendum aurum ipso flumine, qui
habet latitudinem unius legue et...
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Innovateur French Leader, Entrepreneur,
Innovator Chavagnes Studium In
electis tuis
mitte radices Latin Put down
roots in your
elect IESEG School of Management...
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Portulacae &
papaueris albi,
quatuor sem. frigido. maiorum,
Rheubarbari electi, Cinamomi, ana scr. i. Margaritarum,
ossis e
corde cerui, ana scr. 1/2....
