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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chase \chase\ ch=as, v. t. imp. p. p. chased
ch=ast; 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.
1913 webster
we are those which chased you from the field.
--shak.
1913 webster
philologists, who chase
a panting syllable through time and place. --cowper.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
chased by their brother's endless malice from prince
to prince and from place to place. --knolles.
1913 webster
3. to pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
1913 webster
chasing each other merrily. --tennyson.
1913 webster
see also:
chased chasing catch
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chasing \chas"ing\, n.
the art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also,
a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
1913 webster
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