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3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill
in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a
preference; discrimination.

I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were
collected with judgment and choice.

Bacon.

4. A sufficient number to choose
among. Shak.

5. The thing or person chosen; that which
is approved and selected in preference to others;
selection.

The common wealth is sick of their own
choice.

Shak.

6. The best part; that which is
preferable.

The flower and choice

Of many provinces from bound to bound.

Milton.

To make a choice of, to choose; to
select; to separate and take in preference.

Syn. - See Volition, Option.

Choice, a.
[Compar. Choicer (?);
superl. Choicest (?).]
1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred;
select; superior; precious; valuable.

My choicest hours of life are lost.


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