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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHASE, v.t.
1. Literally to drive, urge, press forward with vehemence; hence, to pursue for the purpose of taking, as game; to hunt.
2. To purse, or drive, as a defeated or flying enemy. Lev
26:7. Deu
32:30.
3. To follow or pursue, as an object of desire; to pursue for the purpose of taking; as, to chase a ship.
4. To drive; to pursue.
Chased by their brothers endless malice.
To chase away, is to compel to depart; to disperse.
To chase metals. [See Enchase.]
CHASE, n.
1. Vehement pursuit; a running or driving after; as game, in hunting; a flying enemy, in war; a ship a sea, etc.
2. Pursuit with an ardent desire to obtain, as pleasure, profit, fame, etc.; earnest seeking.
3. That which may be chased; that which is usually taken by chase; as beasts of chase.
4. That which is pursued or hunted; as, seek some other chase. So at sea, a ship chased is called the chase.
5. In law, a driving of cattle to or from a place.
6. An open ground, or place of retreat for deer and other wild beasts; differing from a forest, which is not private property and is invested with privileges, and from a park which is inclosed. A chase is private property, and well stored with wild beasts or game.
7. An iron frame used by printers to confine types, when set in columns.
8. Chase of a gun, is the whole length of the bore.
9. A term in the game of tennis.
Chase guns, in a ship of war, guns used in chasing an enemy or in defending a ship when chased. These have their ports at the head or stern. A gun at the head is called a bow-chase; at the stern, a stern-chase.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following]
2: United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) [syn: Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase]
3: a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time v
1: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track]
2: pursue someone sexually or romantically [syn: chase, chase after]
3: cut a groove into; "chase silver"
4: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer, chase]

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Mary Ellen 1887-1973 American educator & author II. biographical name Salmon Portland 1808-1873 American statesman; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1864-73)

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French chace, from chacer Date: 13th century 1. a. the hunting of wild animals — used with the b. the act of chasing ; pursuit c. an earnest or frenzied seeking after something desired 2. something pursued ; quarry 3. a tract of unenclosed land used as a game preserve 4. steeplechase 1 5. a sequence (as in a movie) in which the characters pursue one another II. verb (chased; chasing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French chacer, from Vulgar Latin *captiare — more at catch Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to follow rapidly ; pursue b. hunt c. to follow regularly or persistently with the intention of attracting or alluring 2. obsolete harass 3. to seek out — often used with down <detectives chasing down clues> 4. to cause to depart or flee ; drive <chase the dog out of the garden> 5. to cause the removal of (a baseball pitcher) by a batting rally 6. to swing at (a baseball pitched out of the strike zone) intransitive verb 1. to chase an animal, person, or thing <chase after material possessions> 2. rush, hasten <chased all over town looking for a place to stay> Synonyms: chase, pursue, follow, trail mean to go after or on the track of something or someone. chase implies going swiftly after and trying to overtake something fleeing or running <a dog chasing a cat>. pursue suggests a continuing effort to overtake, reach, or attain <pursued the criminal through narrow streets>. follow puts less emphasis upon speed or intent to overtake <friends followed me home in their car>. trail may stress a following of tracks or traces rather than a visible object <trail deer> <trailed a suspect across the country>. III. transitive verb (chased; chasing) Etymology: Middle English, modification of Anglo-French enchaser to set Date: 15th century 1. a. to ornament (metal) by indenting with a hammer and tools without a cutting edge b. to make by such indentation c. to set with gems 2. a. groove, indent b. to cut (a thread) with a chaser IV. noun Etymology: French chas eye of a needle, from Late Latin capsus enclosed space, alteration of Latin capsa box — more at case Date: 1611 1. groove, furrow 2. the bore of a cannon 3. a. trench b. a channel (as in a wall) for something to lie in or pass through V. noun Etymology: probably from French chβsse frame, reliquary, from Middle French chasse, from Latin capsa Date: 1612 a rectangular steel or iron frame in which letterpress matter is locked (as for printing)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. pursue in order to catch. 2 tr. (foll. by from, out of, to, etc.) drive. 3 intr. a (foll. by after) hurry in pursuit of (a person). b (foll. by round etc.) colloq. act or move about hurriedly. 4 tr. (usu. foll. by up) colloq. pursue (overdue work, payment, etc. or the person responsible for it). 5 tr. colloq. a try to attain. b court persistently and openly. --n. 1 pursuit. 2 unenclosed hunting-land. 3 (prec. by the) hunting, esp. as a sport. 4 an animal etc. that is pursued. 5 = STEEPLECHASE. Phrases and idioms: go and chase oneself (usu. in imper.) colloq. depart. Etymology: ME f. OF chace chacier, ult. f. L capere take 2. v.tr. emboss or engrave (metal). Etymology: app. f. earlier enchase f. F enchâsser (as EN-(1), CASE(2)) 3. n. Printing a metal frame holding composed type. Etymology: F châsse f. L capsa CASE(2) 4. n. 1 the part of a gun enclosing the bore. 2 a trench or groove cut to receive a pipe etc. Etymology: F chas enclosed space f. Prov. ca(u)s f. med.L capsum thorax

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chase Chase, n. [F. ch['a]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See Case a box.] (Print.) 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed. 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re["e]nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon. 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. 4. (Shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chase Chase, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chase Chase, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See Chase, v.] 1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. ``This mad chase of fame.'' --Dryden. You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. 2. That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. 3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [Eng.] 4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point. Chase gun (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. Chase port (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chase Chase, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chases, chasing, chased) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them. She chased the thief for 100 yards... He said nothing to waiting journalists, who chased after him as he left. = pursue VERB: V n, V after n • Chase is also a noun. He was reluctant to give up the chase... Police said he was arrested without a struggle after a car chase through the streets of Biarritz. = pursuit N-COUNT 2. If you are chasing something you want, such as work or money, you are trying hard to get it. In Wales, 14 people are chasing every job... ...publishers and booksellers chasing after profits from high-volume sales. VERB: V n, V after n • Chase is also a noun. They took an invincible lead in the chase for the championship. N-SING: N for n 3. If someone chases someone that they are attracted to, or chases after them, they try hard to persuade them to have a sexual relationship with them. I'm not very good at flirting or chasing women... 'I was always chasing after unsuitable men,' she says. VERB: V n, V after n • Chase is also a noun. The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway. N-SING: the N 4. If someone chases you from a place, they force you to leave by using threats or violence. Many farmers will then chase you off their land quite aggressively... Angry demonstrators chased him away. VERB: V n from/out of/off n, V n away/off/out 5. If someone cuts to the chase, they start talking about or dealing with what is important, instead of less important things. Hi everyone, we all know why we are here today, so let's cut to the chase. PHRASE: V inflects 6. To chase someone from a job or a position or from power means to force them to leave it. His single-minded pursuit of European union helped chase Mrs Thatcher from power. VERB: V n from/out of n 7. If you chase somewhere, you run or rush there. They chased down the stairs into the narrow, dirty street. = race, dash VERB: V prep/adv 8. see also wild goose chase 9. If you give chase, you run after someone or follow them quickly in order to catch them. Other officers gave chase but the killers escaped. PHRASE: V inflects 10. If you talk about the thrill of the chase, you are referring to the excitement that people feel when they are trying hard to get something. People who adore the thrill of the chase know that prizes, like diamonds, are worth striving for. PHRASE

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

chas.

See HUNTING.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Pursue, hunt, track, run after give chase to. 2. Emboss, enchase. II. n. 1. Hunting, hunt, field-sport. 2. Pursuit, race.

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