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chased

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

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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