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4281 Etymology dictionary, p. selective (adj.).2
… is choice," 1620s; see select (adj.) + -ive. Related: Selectively; selectivity; selectiveness. Selective service as a military drafting system is from 1917, American …
4282 Etymology dictionary, p. selection (n.).2
… out, choice, selection," noun of action from past-participle stem of seligere "choose out, single out, select; separate, cull" (see select (adj.)).
4283 Etymology dictionary, p. selection (n.).3
… particular choice" is from 1805. The biological sense of "separation of those forms of life which are to survive and reproduce from those which are not" is by …
4284 Etymology dictionary, p. spirit (n.).7
… of choice." It is attested from 1580s in the metaphoric sense of "animation, vitality," and by c. 1600 as "frame of mind with which something is done," also "mettle, vigor …
4285 Etymology dictionary, p. vanilla (n.).3
… common choice of vanilla ice cream; vanilla as figurative of a plain and conventional choice (without reference to sex) seems to date to the late 19c. as a noun …
4286 Etymology dictionary, p. vote (n.).2
… or choice with regard to a proposal, candidate, etc.," from Latin votum "a vow, wish, promise to a god, solemn pledge, dedication," noun use of neuter of votus, past participle …
4287 Etymology dictionary, p. way (n.).2
… spiritual choices, from Proto-Germanic *wega- "course of travel, way" (source also of Old Saxon, Dutch weg, Old Norse vegr, Old Frisian wei, Old High German weg, German …
4288 Etymology dictionary, p. welcome (n.).2
… , desire, choice" (see will (n.)) + cuma "guest," related to cuman "to come," from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come." Similar formation in Old High German willicomo, Middle Dutch wellecome …
4289 Etymology dictionary, p. will (v.2).2
Old English willian "to determine by act of choice," from will (n.). From mid-15c. as "dispose of by will or testament." Often difficult to distinguish from will (v.1).
4290 Etymology dictionary, p. wording (n.).2
"choice of words, manner in which something is expressed," apparently coined by Milton in "Eikonoklastes" (1649). From present participle of word (v.).
4291 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.34
… the choice for his daughter-in-law of Rebekah, descended from both of his brothers, Nahor and Haran ( Genesis 11:29; 22:22 f). Both the beginning and the end of the …
4292 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accord; According; Accordingly.2
… free choice" ( 2 Corinthians 8:17 ). God "will render to every man according to his works" ( Romans 2:6 ), that is, agreeably to the nature of his works ( 1 Corinthians 3:8 ), but …
4293 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 13-outline.16
(f) A crisis in church life and the choice of the seven Hellenists ( Acts 6:1 - 7 ).
4294 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.8
… and choice toward the far-off adult and complete personality. This, which in view of its culmination we may call the evolution of personality, is evolution …
4295 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.10
… and choice which alone can give spiritual significance to a committal to either.
4296 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.12
… of choice, ministered by the stimulus of an unmotivated prohibition. He can abstain and live, or eat and die ( Genesis 2:16 - 17 ). No reasons are given, no train of spiritual …
4297 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.14
… free choice and self-moved wisdom, it is hard to see how this could have been brought about except by something involving inhibition and prohibition; something …
4298 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).31
… very choice of them as a people a ground for visiting them with sterner retribution for their sins ( Amos 3:2 ). In common with all the prophets, Amos gives no explanation …
4299 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Andrew.9
… . The choice was an important one, for upon the lead given by Andrew depended the action of the others. Christ perceived that the soul's unrest, the straining …
4300 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.35
… consequent choice of words, the first employing words, like "creating," "dividing," "making," "setting," which imply nothing local, or sensible in the Divine nature …