society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [verb (transitive)] > adopt as candidate (5)
transitive. Originally and chiefly British. To select (an applicant) as a candidate for election to the House of Commons. Also used with reference to…
spec. to propose or nominate a candidate for political office; to form a slate (slate, n.1 2c) of candidates. U.S.