Elect and Set

Elect

Elect verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: I've elected to study French as my foreign language

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Set and elect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Elect".

Nearby Words: election, elected, elective, electing, elector

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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Elect and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elect" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

small elect

small set

man	elect man	set man
people	elect people	set people

In Hamilton's Void Trilogy, set over 1,000 years later, technology has advanced to the point where people can elect to be fitted with "biononics" that can maintain them at any biological age seemingly indefinitely.

Source: Immortality Begins at 20
Thus although the British monarchy is hereditary, it is indirectly elective, because Parliament decided to set down a predetermined hereditary succession law rather than elect a new monarch each time the monarch died (which Parliament is legally entitled to do).

Source: Elective Monarchy
At the end of the sequel, Prodigal shows up and offers an alliance with you against the Greater Scope Villain President-Elect Victon, revealing that her mother may still be alive and the whole thing was set up to get your parents out of the way.

Source: Avenging the Villain

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