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chuse

American

[chooz] / tʃuz /

verb (used with or without object)

chused, chusing

Archaic. an archaic spelling of choose.

Example Sentences

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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

I cannot help anticipating the surprize your ladyship will be under, from receiving a letter from an unknown hand; nor will the signature contribute to develop the cloud behind which I chuse to conceal myself.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

These twelve Commandeurs depend on the Grand Master, and have a Right to chuse him.

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

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