Defn: To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. W. D. Howells.
CHOSE
Chose, n.; pl. Choses. Etym: [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See
Cause.] (Law)
Defn: A thing; personal property. Chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. — Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. — Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. — Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. Cowell. Blount.
CHOSE
Chose,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Choose.
CHOSEN
Cho"sen, p. p. of Choose.
Defn: Selected from a number; picked out; choice.
Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Judg. xx. 16.
CHOSEN
Cho"sen, n.
Defn: One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.
CHOU
Chou, n.; pl. Choux (#). [F., fr. L. caulis stalk.]