单词 | to be at one's choice |
释义 | > as lemmasto be at one's choice b. †to be at one's choice: to act as one chooses, do as one pleases (obsolete). at choice: at pleasure. to have one's choice: to have the right or privilege of choosing. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > be inclined [verb (intransitive)] > do as one wishes pleasec1350 choosec1400 to be at one's choice1569 swinge1613 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > exercise choice [verb (intransitive)] > have power or right of choosing to have one's choice1810 the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb] to one's willOE by one's willOE self-willesOE after a person's willOE a-willc1275 at willc1300 at one's (own) liberty1426 ad placituma1556 at pleasure1579 ad libitum1606 arbitrarilya1626 arbitrariously1653 discretionally1655 ad arbitrium1663 voluntarily1676 discretionarily1681 antecedently1682 discretionary?1707 ad lib1791 at one's own sweet will1802 at choice1817 at no allowance1858 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 246 If suche companies will not keepe the peace, let them be at their choise. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries ii. 34 That euery man..maie be at his free choise so to vse them, etc. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 332 We may be at our choice; In nostra potestate est; manu est situm. 1810 C. Lamb Let. 2 Jan. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 37 I have chosen that [title] if ever I should have my choice. 1817 H. T. Colebrooke tr. Bhāskara Āchārya in Algebra 270 These, with the two coefficients..taking them at choice, furnish the values, etc. 1875 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Wooin' o't xxxiii I should not hesitate for a moment, had I the choice. < as lemmas |
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