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1861 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.
1862 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.
1863 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRE-ELECTION.1 (Noah Webster)
PRE-ELECTION, n. Choice or election by previous determination of the will.
1864 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.
1865 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.
1866 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PREOPTION.1 (Noah Webster)
PREOPTION, n. [pre and option.] The right of first choice.
1867 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.
1868 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RATHER.2 (Noah Webster)
1. More readily or willingly; with better liking; with preference or choice.
1869 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.
1870 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REPREHEND.5 (Noah Webster)
I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice.
1871 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.
1872 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.
1873 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.
1874 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 …
1875 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUFFRAGE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A vote; a voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust. Nothing can be more grateful to a good man than to be elevated to office by the unbiased suffrages of free enlightened citizens.
1876 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUSPEND.10 (Noah Webster)
5. To hold in a state undermined; as, to suspend one’s choice or opinion.
1877 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAKE.36 (Noah Webster)
20. To choose; to elect. Take which you please. But the sense of choosing, in this phrase, is derived from the connection of take with please. So we say, take your choice.
1878 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAKE.75 (Noah Webster)
To take one’s own course, to act one’s pleasure; to pursue the measures of one’s own choice.
1879 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TRAIN.28 (Noah Webster)
My train are men of choice and rarest parts.
1880 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNHAPPY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.