Choose

1. (v. t.) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

2. (v. t.) To wish; to desire; to prefer.

3. (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.

4. (v. i.) To do otherwise.

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