Search for: Choice
2001 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INELIGIBILITY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. State or quality of not being worthy of choice.
2002 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INTENTION.3 (Noah Webster)
Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, considers it on every side, and will not be called off by the ordinary solicitation of other ideas.
2003 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INVENTION.5 (Noah Webster)
4. In painting, the finding or choice of the objects which are to enter into the composition of the piece.
2004 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INVOLUNTARILY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Not by choice; not spontaneously; against one’s will.
2005 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INVOLUNTARINESS.1 (Noah Webster)
INVOLUNTARINESS, n. Want of choice or will.
2006 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INVOLUNTARY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Not having will or choice; unwilling.
2007 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INVOLUNTARY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Independent of will or choice. The motion of the heart and arteries is involuntary, but not against the will.
2008 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INVOLUNTARY.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Not proceeding from choice; not done willingly; opposed to the will. A slave and a conquered nation yield an involuntary submission to a master.
2009 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. KING.2 (Noah Webster)
… by choice.
2010 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LICKERISH.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Nice in the choice of food; dainty; as a lickerish palate.
2011 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MISCHOOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
MISCHOOSE, v.t. mischooz’. To choose wrong; to make a wrong choice.
2012 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MOTIVE.3 (Noah Webster)
… the choice, or moves the will. Thus we speak of good motives, and bad motives; strong and weak motives. The motive to continue at rest is ease or satisfaction; the …
2013 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NEGATIVE.17 (Noah Webster)
3. To resist a choice or what is proposed.
2014 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NOBLE.11 (Noah Webster)
9. Of the best kind; choice; excellent; as a noble vine. Jeremiah 2:21 .
2015 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NOMINATE.5 (Noah Webster)
… election, choice or appointment; to proposed by name, or offer the name of a person as a candidate for an office or place. This is the principal use of the word …
2016 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NOMINATING.1 (Noah Webster)
NOMINATING, ppr. Naming; proposing for an office or for choice by name.
2017 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OFFER.24 (Noah Webster)
1. A proposal to be accepted or rejected; presentation to choice. The prince made liberal offers, but they were rejected.
2018 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OPTION.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; as the archbishop’s option in collating to a vacant benefice.
2019 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OPTION.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Choice; election; preference. He ought not to complain of his lot; it was his own option. We leave this to your own option.
2020 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OPTIONAL.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Left to one’s wish or choice; depending on choice or preference. It is optional with you to go or stay.