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    Choice , n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. √46. Cf. Choose.]
    1.  Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
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    2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
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      Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it.
      Hooker.

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    3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
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      I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice.
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    4. A sufficient number to choose among.
      Shak.

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    5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
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      The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
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    6. The best part; that which is preferable.
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      The flower and choice
      Of many provinces from bound to bound.
      Milton.

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      To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
      Syn. - See Volition, Option.
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    Choice, a. [Compar. Choicer ; superl. Choicest .]
    1. Worthy of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
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      My choicest hours of life are lost.
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    2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
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    3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
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      Choice word measured phrase.
      Wordsworth.
      Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/
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