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er of ingredients; to compound of different parts. Hast thou no poison mixed Shak. I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon.

A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.

pen hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect. Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight. Dryden.

Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness. They chose atheism as an opiate. Bentley.

oppressèd king, am I cast down. Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! Milton.

That may be chosen; desirable. [Obs.] Cockeram.

ctive, n. If to the former the movement was not optional, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional. Palfrey. Original writs are either optional or peremptory. Blackstone.

One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; -- so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken.

That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.

Carefully selected; chosen; as, picked men.

Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme. Addison.

The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. [R.] Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. Sir T. Browne.

e principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other persons chosen by the king or queen. Burrill. -- Privy councilor, a member of the privy council. -- Privy purse, moneys set apart for the personal use of the monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of these moneys. [Eng.] M…

f Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nomin…

To commit; to give in charge; to commend. Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. Acts xv. 40 .

Not chosen orr received; rejected. [Obs.] "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.

Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

grieve for or over. Chaucer. I wept to see, and rued it from my heart. Chapmen. Thy will Chose freely what it now so justly rues. Milton.

to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. God hath from the baginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2 Thess. ii. 13.

strictions regarding the entrance of competitors; also, one for which the competitors are chosen by lot.