Choose
Choose , transitive verb
[Old English chesen, cheosen, Anglo-Saxon ceósan; akin to Old Saxon kiosan, Dutch kiezen, German kiesen, Icelandic kjōsa, Gothic kiusan, Latin gustare to taste, Greek {not transcribed}, Sanskrit jush to enjoy. r46. Compare Choice, 2d Gust.]
1.
To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
Choose me for a humble friend.
2.
To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloquial]
The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
Collocations (1)
To choose sides , See under Side.
Choose , intransitive verb
1.
To make a selection; to decide.
They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion.
2.
To do otherwise.
Can I choose but smile?
Thou canst not choose but know who I am.
Collocations (1)
Can not choose but , must necessarily.