| 单词 |
choise |
| 释义 |
† choise, v. Obs. exc. Sc.
Pa. tense and pple. choised. Forms: 6–9 choise, 6 choyse, 7 choyce, 8 choice.
[? a. F. chois-ir, in same sense; or perh. rather an assimilation of choose v. (? in form chose) to the n. chois, choice, so that choice, choise would form a pair like advice, advise, use, use, glass, glaze. If it had been only Sc., the oi might have originated as the 16th c. Sc. spelling of ō. Cf. the use of choose, chose, for choice, adj.]
= to choose.
1505Seal of Cause in Blue Blanket (1780) 57 (Jam.) We haue power till choyse a cheplaine till do divyn service. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 357 a, That they them selues woulde choyse some experte Diuine. 1570R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 38 By certein sure signes a man mey choise a colt. Ibid., To choise a good witte. 1586Bright Melanch. xxxvii. 241 The objects onely are to be choysed. 1663Sir G. Mackenzie Relig. Stoic i. (1685) 10 They have chois'd to teach Principles which seem ridiculous. a1700Sc. Pasquils (1868) 188 And choyc'd a guarden for his church and bed. 1747Maxwell Bee Master 21 (Jam.) Let such as choise straw, be sure to put it on thick. 1756M. Calderwood Jrnl. iv. (1884) 94 To choice a Scots name. Ibid. v. 142, I was resolved to see a convent and choised this.
Hence choised ppl. a., chosen, selected.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 133 Choised seede to be picked. |
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