Definition of "chuse"
chuse
verb
third-person singular simple present chuses, present participle chusing or chuseing, simple past chused or chose, past participle chused or chosen
Quotations
Your maſter, young man, may a laſs adore--- / For his laſs, ’tis confeſt, / He has choſen the beſt; / But he chuſes a woeful ambaſſador!
1785, [George Colman the Younger], Songs, Duetts, Trios, &c. N[sic] Turk and No Turk; a Musical Comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market., London: […] T. Cadell, […], page 21
But if the Almighty choſe to eſtabliſh his religion by miracles, he chuſes to carry it on by means.
1808, [Hannah More], chapter XXI, in Cœlebs in Search of a Wife. Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals., volume I, London: […] T. Cadell and W. Davies, […], page 299
Our Fathers must hide themselves rather like robbers who chuse a leader, than godly priests who elect a mitred Abbot.
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], pages 275–276
"I wonder how you can bear that odious woman's manners," returned her mother; "I expect that you will all grow like her in time. But it is of no use my saying anything; you will go if you chuse.""Oh, thank you, mamma," cried Georgiana, not chusing to hear any more, and down stairs she ran to communicate the permission.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, page 45