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Webster 1913 Edition
Choice
Choice
(chois)
, Noun.
[OE.
chois
, OF. chois
, F. choix
, fr. choisir
to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan
to examine, kiusan
to choose, examine, G. kiesen
. √46. Cf. Choose
.] 1.
Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
2.
The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
Choice
there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.
3.
Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and
choice
. Bacon.
4.
A sufficient number to choose among.
Shak.
5.
The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
The common wealth is sick of their own
choice
. Shakespeare
Choice
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Choicer
; sup
erl.
Choicest
.] 1.
Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
My
choicest
hours of life are lost. Swift.
2.
Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; – used with of;
as, to be
. choice
of time, or of money3.
Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/
Webster 1828 Edition
Choice
CHOICE
, n.1.
The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; or the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.Ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my moth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. Acts 15.
2.
The power of choosing; option.Where there is force, there can be no choice.
Of these alternatives we have our own choice.
3.
Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference.I imagine Cesars apothems were collected with judgment and choice.
4.
The thing chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.Nor let thy conquests only be her choice.
5.
The best part of any thing; that which is preferable, and properly the object of choice.In the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead. Gen. 23.
6.
The act of electing to office by vote; election.To make choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
CHOICE
, a.1.
Worthy of being preferred; select; precious; very valuable.My choicest hours of life are lost.
My revenue is better than choice silver. Prov. 8.
2.
Holding dear; preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; as, to be choice of time or of advantages.3.
Selecting with care, and due attention to preference; as, to be choice of ones company.