Sentence:  I have <WSD>chosen</WSD> to use the word `` mimesis '' in its Christian rather than its classic implications and to discover in the concrete forms of both art and myth powers of theological expression which , as in the Christian mind , are the direct consequence of involvement in historical experience , which are not reserved , as in the Greek mind , only to moments of theoretical reflection . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives