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Meaning of chowse | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
t͡ʃaʊs

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”).

alt-of, obsolete, transitive

Examples

“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?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

chowsed chowses chowsing chowter chowtered chowtering

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