chased : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chased	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chased
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chased n a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued" Synonym(s): pursued, 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.