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動詞

chowse (三人称単数 現在形 chowses, 現在分詞 chowsing, 過去形および過去分詞形 chowsed)

1. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”)
   • 1706 August 3, Leslie, Charles, A view of the times, their principles and practices: in the rehearsals, volume 2, number 127, London: W. Bowen, OCLC 793729923, page 300:

     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?