What is "to make a choice of"

Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]46. Cf. Choose.]

1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.

2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.

   Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it.
   --Hooker.

3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.

   I imagine they [the apothegms of C[ae]sar] were collected with judgment and choice.
   --Bacon.

4. A sufficient number to choose among.
   --Shak.

5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.

   The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
   --Shak.

6. The best part; that which is preferable.

   The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound.
   --Milton.

   To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.

   Syn: Syn. - See Volition, Option.