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   Elective (?), a. [Cf. F. électif.]
   1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, “an elective act”.
   
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   2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
   
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   The independent use of their elective franchise. Bancroft.
   
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   3. Bestowed or passing by election; as, “an elective office.”
   
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   Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. Dryden.
   
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   4. Dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, “an elective college course”.  Opposite of required or mandatory.
   
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   Elective affinity or Elective attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.
   
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   Elective, n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study; a course that is not required. [Colloq.]
   
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