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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

éligible

, fr. L.

eligere

. See

That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.

Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable;

as, an

eligible

situation for a house

The more

eligible

of the two evils.

Burke.

Adj.

[L. eligo, to choose or select; e and lego.]

Fit to be chosen; worthy of choice, preferable.

In deep distress, certainty is more eligible than suspense.

Suitable; proper; desirable; as, the house stands in an eligible situation.

Legally qualified to be chosen; as, a man is or is not eligible to an office.

See also: eligible

éligible m, f ‎(plural éligibles)