Search for: Choice
2021 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OPTIONAL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Leaving something to choice.
2022 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OR.4 (Noah Webster)
… a choice of either. He may study law or medicine or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
2023 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PICK.20 (Noah Webster)
1. Choice; right of selection. You may have your pick.
2024 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PITCH.29 (Noah Webster)
3. To fall; to fix choice; with on or upon.
2025 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLEASURE.8 (Noah Webster)
4. What the will dictates or prefers; will; choice; purpose; intention; command; as, use your pleasure.
2026 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLEASURE.13 (Noah Webster)
6. Arbitrary will or choice. He can vary his scheme at pleasure.
2027 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRECINCT.7 (Noah Webster)
In case of non-acceptance [of the collector] the parish or precinct shall proceed to a new choice.
2028 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRECIPE.2 (Noah Webster)
In law, a writ commanding the defendant to do a certain thing, or to show cause to the contrary; giving him his choice to redress the injury or to stand the suit.
2029 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRE-ELECTION.1 (Noah Webster)
PRE-ELECTION, n. Choice or election by previous determination of the will.
2030 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREFER.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Literally, to bear or carry in advance, in the mind, affections or choice; hence, to regard more than another; to honor or esteem above another.
2031 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREFERENCE.1 (Noah Webster)
PREFERENCE, n. The act of preferring one thing before another; estimation of one thing above another; choice of one thing rather than another.
2032 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREOPTION.1 (Noah Webster)
PREOPTION, n. [pre and option.] The right of first choice.
2033 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PUNISHMENT.4 (Noah Webster)
The rewards and punishments of another life, which the almighty has established as the enforcements of his law, are of weight enough to determine the choice against whatever pleasure or pain this life can show.
2034 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RATHER.2 (Noah Webster)
1. More readily or willingly; with better liking; with preference or choice.
2035 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFUSAL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; pre-emption. We say, a man has the refusal of a farm or a horse, or the refusal of an employment.
2036 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REPREHEND.5 (Noah Webster)
I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice.
2037 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SELECT.2 (Noah Webster)
SELECT, a. Nicely chosen; taken from a number by preference; choice; whence, preferable; more valuable or excellent than others; as a body of select troops; a select company or society; a library consisted of select authors.
2038 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SINISTROUS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice.
2039 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOLEMNIZE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate; as, to solemnize the birth of Christ. Their choice nobility and flow’r met from all parts to solemnize this feast.
2040 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STYLE.2 (Noah Webster)
… the choice and arrangement of words; as a harsh style; a dry style; a tumid or bombastic style; a loose style; a terse style; a laconic or verbose style; a flowing …