past tense of choose
1
2
a
: to have a preference for
choose one car over another
b
: decide
chose to go by train
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
: a piece of personal property : thing
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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