chuse

American  

[chooz] / tʃuz /

verb (used with or without object)

chused, chusing

1. Archaic. an archaic spelling of choose.

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Example Sentences

The Constitution states only that “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers.”

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2013

Clause 5: The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2012

What, do I chuse Samuel Miles to determine for me whether John Adams or Thomas Jefferson shall be President?

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cardinals could not determine whom to chuse for Head of the Church, till about a Week ago.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

And have not Hiram's Subjects a free Choice To chuse a King by their united Voice?

From Selected Poems (1685-1700) by Tutchin, John