chose
past tense of choose
transitive verb
1a : to select freely and after consideration choose a careerb : to decide on especially by vote : elect chose her as captain
2a : to have a preference for choose one car over anotherb : decide chose to go by train
intransitive verb
1 : to make a selection finding it hard to choose
2 : to take an alternative —used after cannot and usually followed by but when earth is so kind, men cannot choose but be happy — J. A. Froude
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Origin and Etymology of chose
French, from Latin causa cause, reason
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chose
playLegal Definition of chose
: a piece of personal property chose in action : a right to something (as payment of a debt or damages for injury) that can be recovered in a lawsuit; also : a document (as a check or stock certificate) embodying such a right chose in possession : something that is in one's actual possession or can be possessed
Origin and Etymology of chose
Anglo-French, literally, thing, from Old French, from Latin causa legal case, reason, cause
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