intransitive or absol. To exercise choice; to make a selection between different things or alternatives.
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释义 | the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > exercise choice [verb (intransitive)] (7) choosec1175 intransitive or absol. To exercise choice; to make a selection between different things or alternatives. walec1400 intransitive. To make choice. willc1405 Forming the perfect with have: chosen to. Cf. sense 9. Obsolete. to be one's own carver1578 figurative. One who assigns any one his ‘portion’. †to be one's own carver: to take or choose for oneself at one's own discretion. Obsolete. to take one's choice1588 to make choice of: to choose, select. to make a choice: to perform the act of choosing. to take one's choice: perhaps originally, to take after… optate1611 intransitive. To choose, to opt. Subcategories:— have power or right of choosing (1) |
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