choosingn.

/ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/

Forms: For forms see choose v.

Etymology: < choose v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of choose v. in various senses; selection, adoption, picking out, electing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun]

curec1000

custOE

chirec1175

choosingc1200

choice1297

walea1352

dilection1388

election1393

elect1398

choose1430

option1549

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 19 Noht after chesunge ac after strene.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 42 Dingnetes þet me makeþ be chyezinge.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8566 Wisli þou has in chesing [Fairf. chosing] don.

c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. iv Man in hys fyrste fourmynge..had free chesyng.

1458 MS. Christ's Hosp. Abingdon in Dom. Archit. III. 42 They cockid for cartes, and cast for her chisyng.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 17 A stryffe in the yelde halle for chesynge of the mayer.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Repentance i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) 530 A superstitious abstinency, and chosyng of meates.

1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) 150 Women that marrie husbandes of their owne choosing.

1651 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 266 A rule that there should bee noe picking and chuseing of partes of directions.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 112. ¶2 Several Texts of his own chusing.

1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) I. 308 After long chusing selected a subject.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

choosingadj.

/ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/

Etymology: Formed as choose v. + -ing suffix².

That chooses.

ΚΠ

1595 F. Bunny Suruey Popes Supremacie ii. 119 Before it might not be without the emperours leaue, who had, as also the kings of France especially, a chusing voice in the electing of the pope.

Derivatives

ˈchoosingly adv. by choice, in preference.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else

ratherc1300

heldera1400

tittera1400

ererc1425

soon1457

rathest1556

would rather1557

first1580

preferablya1645

choosingly1651

preferable1683

ruther1809

1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. §7 If our spirits can serve God chusingly and greedily.

1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last 78 The love which seeks diligently, that is to say, choosingly and by preference to all things else.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	choosing
释义	choosingn. /ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/ Forms: For forms see choose v. Etymology: < choose v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of choose v. in various senses; selection, adoption, picking out, electing, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] curec1000 custOE chirec1175 choosingc1200 choice1297 walea1352 dilection1388 election1393 elect1398 choose1430 option1549 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 19 Noht after chesunge ac after strene. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 42 Dingnetes þet me makeþ be chyezinge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8566 Wisli þou has in chesing [Fairf. chosing] don. c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. iv Man in hys fyrste fourmynge..had free chesyng. 1458 MS. Christ's Hosp. Abingdon in Dom. Archit. III. 42 They cockid for cartes, and cast for her chisyng. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 17 A stryffe in the yelde halle for chesynge of the mayer. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Repentance i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) 530 A superstitious abstinency, and chosyng of meates. 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) 150 Women that marrie husbandes of their owne choosing. 1651 E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 266 A rule that there should bee noe picking and chuseing of partes of directions. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 112. ¶2 Several Texts of his own chusing. 1830 A. Cunningham Lives Brit. Painters (ed. 2) I. 308 After long chusing selected a subject. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). choosingadj. /ˈtʃuːzɪŋ/ Etymology: Formed as choose v. + -ing suffix². That chooses. ΚΠ 1595 F. Bunny Suruey Popes Supremacie ii. 119 Before it might not be without the emperours leaue, who had, as also the kings of France especially, a chusing voice in the electing of the pope. Derivatives ˈchoosingly adv. by choice, in preference. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else ratherc1300 heldera1400 tittera1400 ererc1425 soon1457 rathest1556 would rather1557 first1580 preferablya1645 choosingly1651 preferable1683 ruther1809 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. §7 If our spirits can serve God chusingly and greedily. 1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last 78 The love which seeks diligently, that is to say, choosingly and by preference to all things else. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.c1200adj.1595
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