[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

choose \choose\, v. i.
   1. to make a selection; to decide.
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            they had only to choose between implicit obedience
            and open rebellion.                   --prescott.
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   2. to do otherwise. "can i choose but smile?" --pope.
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   can not choose but, must necessarily.
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            thou canst not choose but know who i am. --shak.
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