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chased |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chase \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chased}; p. pr & vb n. {Chasing}.] [OF. chacier F. chasser, fr (assumed) LL captiare fr L. captare to strive to seize. See {Catch}.] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. We are those which chased you from the field. --Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place --Cowper. 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off as to chase the hens away Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place --Knolles. 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chased n : a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [syn: {pursued}]
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