1. Picked out, chosen; also, chosen for excellence or by preference; select, choice.
2. To choose someone by a vote, e.g., for public office, an official role, or membership of some group.
3. To make a decision to do something.
4. Etymology: from Latin electus, eligere, "to pick out, to choose"; from e-, "out of, from" + legere, "to gather, to collect, to pick, to choose, to read".