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2081 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 …
2082 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NOMINATING.1 (Noah Webster)
NOMINATING, ppr. Naming; proposing for an office or for choice by name.
2083 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.
2084 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.
2085 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.
2086 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.
2087 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OPTIONAL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Leaving something to choice.
2088 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.
2089 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PICK.20 (Noah Webster)
1. Choice; right of selection. You may have your pick.
2090 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PITCH.29 (Noah Webster)
3. To fall; to fix choice; with on or upon.
2091 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.
2092 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLEASURE.13 (Noah Webster)
6. Arbitrary will or choice. He can vary his scheme at pleasure.
2093 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.
2094 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.
2095 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRE-ELECTION.1 (Noah Webster)
PRE-ELECTION, n. Choice or election by previous determination of the will.
2096 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.
2097 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.
2098 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREOPTION.1 (Noah Webster)
PREOPTION, n. [pre and option.] The right of first choice.
2099 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.
2100 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RATHER.2 (Noah Webster)
1. More readily or willingly; with better liking; with preference or choice.