to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer chased the thief.
2.
to pursue with intent to capture or kill, as game; hunt: to chase deer.
3.
to follow or devote one's attention to with the hope of attracting, winning, gaining, etc.: He chased her for three years before she consented to marry him.
4.
to drive or expel by force, threat, or harassment: She chased the cat out of the room.
–verb (used without object)
5.
to follow in pursuit: to chase after someone.
6.
to rush or hasten: We spent the weekend chasing around from one store to another.
–noun
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the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
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an object of pursuit; something chased.
9.
Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted.
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British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others.
11.
a steeplechase.
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the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting.
—Verb phrase
13.
give chase, to pursue: The hunt began and the dogs gave chase.
—Idiom
14.
cut to the chase, Informal. to get to the main point.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME chacen < MF chasser to hunt, OF chacier < VL *captiāre; see catch]
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Printing
A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate making.
[Perhaps from French châsse, case, reliquary, from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.]
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American jurist who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1864-1873). He presided over the trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868).
Chase, Samuel 1741-1811.
American jurist and Revolutionary War leader who was a delegate to the Continental Congresses, signed the Declaration of Independence, and served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1796-1811).
1297, from O.Fr. chacier "to catch, seize," from V.L. *captiare (see catch). Meaning of "run after" developed c.1350. Chaser "water or mild beverage taken after a strong drink" is Amer.Eng. slang, first recorded 1897. Fr. chasse (from chasser "to chase") was a drink of liquor taken (or said to be taken) to kill the aftertaste of coffee or tobacco.
Chase City, VA (town, FIPS 14984) Location: 36.79917 N, 78.46130 W Population (1990): 2442 (1118 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23924
Chase Mills, NY Zip code(s): 13621
Chase County, KS (county, FIPS 17) Location: 38.30153 N, 96.59302 W Population (1990): 3021 (1547 housing units) Area: 2009.7 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water)
Chase County, NE (county, FIPS 29) Location: 40.53040 N, 101.69380 W Population (1990): 4381 (2011 housing units) Area: 2316.8 sq km (land), 8.1 sq km (water)
Chevy Chase Village, MD (town, FIPS 16787) Location: 38.97910 N, 77.07447 W Population (1990): 749 (272 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Chevy Chase Heights, PA (CDP, FIPS 13400) Location: 40.63897 N, 79.14370 W Population (1990): 1535 (708 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Chevy Chase Section Five, MD (village, FIPS 16720) Location: 38.98295 N, 77.07509 W Population (1990): 632 (228 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Chevy Chase Section Three, MD (village, FIPS 16730) Location: 38.96945 N, 77.07927 W Population (1990): 2078 (715 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Chase, MI Zip code(s): 49623
Chase, KS (city, FIPS 12650) Location: 38.35567 N, 98.34840 W Population (1990): 577 (285 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67524
Chase, AK (CDP, FIPS 12350) Location: 62.44907 N, 150.10176 W Population (1990): 38 (54 housing units) Area: 93.5 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water)
Chevy Chase, MD (town, FIPS 16620) Location: 38.98050 N, 77.08412 W Population (1990): 2675 (1005 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 20815
Chevy Chase, MD (CDP, FIPS 16625) Location: 38.99495 N, 77.07313 W Population (1990): 8559 (3548 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Fox Chase, KY (city, FIPS 28785) Location: 38.04572 N, 85.68973 W Population (1990): 528 (165 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Case\ (k[=a]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See Capacious, and cf. 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d Sash.]1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. 3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the lower case contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. 5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight.
Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caughtor Catched; p. pr. & vb. n. Catching. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to take, catch. See Capacious, and cf. Chase, Case a box.]1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball. 2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. "They pursued . . . and caught him." --Judg. i. 6. 3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. 4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. "To catch him in his words". --Mark xii. 13. 5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. "Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the issue." --Tennyson. 6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. 7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm. The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden. 8. To get possession of; to attain. Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak. 9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire. 10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. 11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. To catch fire, to become inflamed or ignited. to catch it to get a scolding or beating; to suffer punishment. [Colloq.] To catch one's eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking. [Colloq.] "You catch me up so very short." --Dickens. To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly.
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.
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