chose
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//t͡ʃəʊz//
- United States//t͡ʃoʊz//
A thing; personal property.
verb
- 1
Also a form of choose andsimple past of choose and (archaic spelling) chuse
- 2
Also a form of choosepast participle of choose
From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
I expect you might have chose a somewhat larger fish, but I'll try an' make it do.
Since this work is about Vilna's Jewish community, I have chose the familiar spelling Vilna, which closely approximates Jews' preferred name for their city.
noun
- 1
A thing; personal property.
Etymology
From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.
Forms
- plural
- choses