Emily Dickinson Lexicon

choose (choosing, -s, chose, chosen), v. [OE céos-an.] (webplay: choice, imitation, life, out, power, preference, refuse, take, select, ways).

1. Select; accept; welcome; receive in a covenant relationship (see John 15:16).
2. Hire; employ.
3. Invite; welcome to partake; prepare for crowning as a queen; [fig.] betroth; espouse; [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).
4. Prefer; favor; accept; receive; welcome.
5. Elect; pick; select; make a choice from a number of alternatives.
6. Want; wish; be inclined; have the desire.