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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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