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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. {Choicer}; superl. {Choicest}.] 1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. [1913 Webster] My choicest hours of life are lost. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money. [1913 Webster] 3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. [1913 Webster] Choice word measured phrase. --Wordsworth. Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/ [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]46. Cf. {Choose}.] 1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election. [1913 Webster] 2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option. [1913 Webster] Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. [1913 Webster] I imagine they [the apothegms of C[ae]sar] were collected with judgment and choice. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. [1913 Webster] The common wealth is sick of their own choice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. The best part; that which is preferable. [1913 Webster] The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {To make a choice of}, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference. Syn: Syn. - See {Volition}, {Option}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: choice adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {choice}, {prime(a)}, {prize}, {quality}, {select}] 2: appealing to refined taste; "choice wine" n 1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" [syn: {choice}, {pick}, {selection}] 2: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: {choice}, {selection}, {option}, {pick}] 3: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: {option}, {alternative}, {choice}]