Search for: Choice
1881 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNSATISFIED.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Not content; not pleased; as, to be unsatisfied with the choice of an officer; to be unsatisfied with the wages or compensation allowed.
1882 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNSELECTED.1 (Noah Webster)
UNSELECTED, a. Not selected; not separated by choice.
1883 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VALENTINE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A sweetheart or choice made on Valentine’s day.
1884 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOICE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. A vote; suffrage; opinion or choice expressed. Originally voice was the oral utterance of choice, but it now signifies any vote however given.
1885 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOICE.5 (Noah Webster)
Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice of holy senates, and elect by voice.
1886 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOLITION.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The act of willing the act of determining choice, or forming a purpose. There is a great difference between actual volition, and approbation of judgment.
1887 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOLUNTARY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Acting by choice or spontaneously; acting without being influenced or impelled by another.
1888 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOLUNTARY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Free, or having power to act by choice; not being under restraint; as, man is a voluntary agent.
1889 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOLUNTARY.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Proceeding from choice or free will.
1890 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOLUNTARY.9 (Noah Webster)
6. Done freely, or of choice; proceeding from free will. He went into voluntary exile. He made a voluntary surrender.
1891 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.2 (Noah Webster)
… or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a man to office, or in passing …
1892 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WILL.4 (Noah Webster)
2. Choice; determination. It is my will to prosecute the trespasser.
1893 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WILL.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Choice; discretion; pleasure.
1894 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WILLING.10 (Noah Webster)
4. Chosen; received of choice or without reluctance; as, to be held in willing chains.
1895 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WILLINGLY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. By ones own choice.
1896 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WILLINGNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
WILLINGNESS, n. Free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
1897 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WISDOM.2 (Noah Webster)
… ; the choice of laudable ends, and of the best means to accomplish them. This is wisdom in act, effect, or practice. If wisdom is to be considered as a faculty of the …
1898 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. automaton.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A term used to describe a person without the power of free will or choice (PP 49, 331).
1899 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. conversion.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… individual choice of every believer in this process. The ongoing walk of the believer after conversion is described as *sanctification. This continuing …
1900 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. human will.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… of choice. Everything depends on the right action of the will. The power of choice God has given to men; it is theirs to exercise” (SC 48). In teaching this, Ellen White …