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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunted
adj
  1. reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted; "the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face"; "a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hunting}.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow,
      pursue, Goth. hin[?]an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf.
      {Hent}.]
      1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to
            chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing;
            to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to
            hunt a deer.
  
                     Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.         --Tennyson.
  
      2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow;
            -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt
            out evidence.
  
                     Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
                                                                              --Ps. cxl. 11.
  
      3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to
            hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
  
      4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
  
                     He hunts a pack of dogs.                     --Addison.
  
      5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the
            woods, or the country.
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