Chase (ch s), Salmon Portland 1808-1873. 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). |
| chase 1 (chs) v. chased, chas·ing, chas·es v.tr. 1. To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue: chased the thief. 2. To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt: chase foxes. 3. To seek the favor or company of persistently: chased me until I agreed to a date. 4. To put to flight; drive: chased the dog away. 5. Baseball To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well. v.intr. 1. To go or follow in pursuit. 2. Informal To go hurriedly; rush: chased all over looking for us. n. Idiom: 1. The act of chasing; pursuit. 2. a. The hunting of game: the thrill of the chase. b. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry. 3. Chiefly British a. A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve. b. The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others. give chase To engage in pursuit of quarry: Police gave chase to the speeding car. [Middle English chasen, to hunt, from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *capti re, from Latin captre, to catch; see catch.] |
| chase 2 (chs) n. 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.] |
| chase 3 (chs) n. 1. a. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow. b. A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring. 2. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions. 3. The cavity of a mold. tr.v. chased, chas·ing, chas·es 1. To groove; indent. 2. To cut (the thread of a screw). 3. To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing. [Possibly from obsolete French chas, groove, enclosure, from Old French, from Latin capsa, box. V., variant of enchase.] |
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| Noun | 1. |  chased - a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"hunted person - a person who is hunted |
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