Reverse Dictionary: CHOOSE

ADJECTIVES
► ELECTIVE pert. to the act of choosing; of actions: proceeding from free choice, optional, voluntary → 1643 obs.

NOUNS
► ELECTANCY the power of choosing → 1768 obs.
► ELECTION 1. the faculty of choosing with taste or nice discrimination → 1531 obs.
2. the choosing of things for special purposes → 1612 obs.
► WALE the act of choosing; choice; also, scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ELECTANT a person who has power of choosing → 1768 obs.

VERBS
► ACHOOSE to choose out → c1150 obs.
► BE ONE’S OWN CARVER to choose or take for oneself at one’s own discretion → 1579 obs.
► CHOICE to choose → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CHOISE to choose, to elect, to prefer → 1605 obs. exc. Sc.
► CURE to choose → a1225 obs.
► DAPSE to choose, to fix upon → 1870 Sc.
► EETLE-OTTLE to choose by counting out → 1947 Sc.
► ELECT to choose, to pick out → 1513 obs.
► I-CHEOSE to choose → a1000 obs.
► KNOCK DOWN to choose, to nominate someone → M18 sl.
► OPTATE to choose; to wish for, to desire → 1611
► VINCE to choose; to stake a claim or reserve a right to something → 1922 Amer. dial.
► WALE ► WYLE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort → a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.