Chowse

//t͡ʃaʊs// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”). alt-of, obsolete, transitive

    "Shall chance ſupercede nature? And if nature has given me more ſtrength or cunning than you, why was that, but to make uſe of it? And either to chowſe you, or beat you out of what I think more convenient for my ſelf?"

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cheatcheatartificebeatbeguilebilk

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"Shall chance ſupercede nature? And if nature has given me more ſtrength or cunning than you, why was that, but to make uſe of it? And either to chowſe you, or beat you out of what I think more convenient for my ſelf?"

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