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Chase  (chs), 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).

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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).

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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.

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.

Idiom:

give chase

To engage in pursuit of quarry: Police gave chase to the speeding car.

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[Middle English chasen, to hunt, from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captire, from Latin captre, to catch; see catch.]

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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.

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[Perhaps from French châsse, case, reliquary, from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.]

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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.

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[Possibly from obsolete French chas, groove, enclosure, from Old French, from Latin capsa, box. V., variant of enchase.]

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Verb

1.

give chase - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" chase, dog, go after, tail, trail, chase after, track, tag tree - chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" quest - search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested" hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" run down - pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"