Chase v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased p. pr. & vb. n. Chasing.]
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.
chased
n : a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and
forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [syn: pursued]