An archaic or dialectal variant spelling of 'choose'; to select or pick out.
From Old English 'ceosan,' related to Germanic roots. The spelling 'chuse' was a common variant during Middle English and Early Modern English, before standardized spelling settled on 'choose' as the convention.
Before the dictionary police standardized English spelling, people wrote 'choose' as 'chuse,' 'chuse,' 'chuze'—this word is living proof that even common words were spelling free-for-alls! You'd see multiple spellings in the same document.
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