Choice (chois), 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.
2. The power or opportunity of choosing;
option.
Choice there is not, unless the thing which
we take be so in our power that we might have refused it.
Hooker.
3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill
in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a
preference; discrimination.
I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were
collected with judgment and choice.
Bacon.
4. A sufficient number to choose
among. Shak.
5. The thing or person chosen; that which
is approved and selected in preference to others;
selection.
The common wealth is sick of their own
choice.
Shak.
6. The best part; that which is
preferable.
The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound.
Milton.
To make a choice of, to choose; to
select; to separate and take in preference.
Syn. - See Volition, Option.
Choice, a.
[Compar. Choicer (?);
superl. Choicest (?).]
1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred;
select; superior; precious; valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.
Swift.
2. Preserving or using with care, as
valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice
of time, or of money.
3. Selected with care, and due attention
to preference; deliberately chosen.
Choice word measured phrase.
Wordsworth.
Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare;
chary; careful/
