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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chase \Chase\ (ch[=a]s), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Chased} (ch[=a]st); 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
chased \chased\ (ch[=a]st), noun a person who is being chased; as, better to be the chaser than the chased.
Syn: pursued. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chased
noun: a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [syn: {pursued}]
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