Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chased"

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) 1.7 (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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