choose
choose [choosing, -s, chose] v
OE céos-an.
- Hire; employ.
- Invite; welcome to partake; prepare for crowning as a queen; [fig.] betrothed; espoused; [metaphor] designate as an heir; encourage to enter into a covenant relationship; call to serve in the Kingdom of God; (see Matthew 12:18, 22:14; John 15:16).
- Prefer; favor; accept; receive; welcome.
- Elect; pick; select; make a choice from a number of alternatives.
- Want; wish; be inclined; have the desire.