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choose
choose: v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1 tr. select out of a greater number.
2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, from) take or select one or another.
3 tr. (usu. foll. by to + infin.) decide, be determined (chose to stay behind).
4 tr. (foll. by complement) select as (was chosen king).
5 tr. Theol. (esp. as chosen adj.) destine to be saved (God's chosen people). øcannot choose but archaic must. nothing (or little) to choose between them they are equivalent. øøchooser n. [OE ceosan f. Gmc]
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