Search for: Choice
1941 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEFORE.8 (Noah Webster)
5. In the power of, noting the right or ability to choose or possess; free to the choice.
1942 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BENEPLACITURE.2 (Noah Webster)
Will; choice. [Not in use.]
1943 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.1 (Noah Webster)
CHOICE, n.
1944 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.3 (Noah Webster)
Ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my moth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. Acts 15:7 .
1945 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.5 (Noah Webster)
Where there is force, there can be no choice.
1946 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.6 (Noah Webster)
Of these alternatives we have our own choice.
1947 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.8 (Noah Webster)
I imagine Cesars apothems were collected with judgment and choice.
1948 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.10 (Noah Webster)
Nor let thy conquests only be her choice.
1949 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.11 (Noah Webster)
5. The best part of any thing; that which is preferable, and properly the object of choice.
1950 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.12 (Noah Webster)
In the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead. Genesis 23:6 .
1951 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.14 (Noah Webster)
To make choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
1952 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.15 (Noah Webster)
CHOICE, a.
1953 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.18 (Noah Webster)
My revenue is better than choice silver. Proverbs 8:19 .
1954 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.19 (Noah Webster)
2. Holding dear; preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; as, to be choice of time or of advantages.
1955 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE.20 (Noah Webster)
3. Selecting with care, and due attention to preference; as, to be choice of ones company.
1956 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICE-DRAWN.1 (Noah Webster)
CHOICE-DRAWN, a. Selected with particular care.
1957 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICELY.1 (Noah Webster)
CHOICELY, adv.
1958 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICELY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference; with exact choice; as a band of men choicely collected.
1959 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICELY.4 (Noah Webster)
3. With great care; carefully; as a thing choicely preserved.
1960 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHOICENESS.1 (Noah Webster)
CHOICENESS, n. Valuableness; particular value or worth; as the choiceness of a plant or of wine.