Choice
(Choice) n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth.
kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. &radic46. 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.
Shak.
6. The best part; that which is preferable.
The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound.
Milton.
To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
Syn. - See Volition, Option.
Choice
(Choice), a. [Compar. Choicer ; superl. 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 money.
3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
Choice word measured phrase.
Wordsworth.
Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/
Choiceful
(Choice"ful) a. Making choices; fickle. [Obs.]
His choiceful sense with every change doth fit.
Spenser.
Choicely
(Choice"ly), adv.
1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each
county some." Shak.
2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton.
Choiceness
(Choice"ness), n. The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.
Choir
(Choir) n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. chœur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. orig.
dancing place; prob. akin to inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus.]
