Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A former spelling of
chase .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To pursue. See
chase v. t. - noun See 3d
chase , n., 3.
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- verb obsolete
chase ;pursue
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Examples
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-- Well may I get aboard -- This is the chace] This clamour was the cry of the dogs and hunters; then seeing the bear, he cries, _this is the chace_. or, the
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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To me fair chace is not violasted if a guy who for one legitimate reason or another cant walk, ..
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I stopped but to look round, and then with Young, joind the rest of the party, who had killed a lioness and were in chace of a fourth.
Sporting Sketches 2002
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This they had evidently run down in chace, (I had almost said by scent) which fully convinces me, that lions do not always seize their prey, as Tigers, by sur:
Sporting Sketches 2002
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"More likely," answered the Captain, "they were invented by some wrinkled old hag, who'd a mind for to keep the young fellows in chace, let them be never so weary."
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778
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UHH DUH ROBERT PATTINSON he’s so hot i will say chace is hot but rob is still hotter except when he doesn’t shave but he’s still hotter
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Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, claiming a certain "chace" near Malvern Forest, whence came the Bishop’s supply of game, found a relentless opponent in Bishop Cantilupe.
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My most "fun" and memorable experience was, at age nine, having the chace to shoot an authentic WWII 9mm submachine gun.
Fun Guns 2009
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My most "fun" and memorable experience was, at age nine, having the chace to shoot an authentic WWII 9mm submachine gun.
Fun Guns 2009
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ET23: The ball's played through the centre for Park Ji-sung to chace, but Palace skipper Patrick McCarthy slides in and clears with a magnificent tackle.
chained_bear commented on the word chace
"the part of the gun from the trunnions to the muzzle." (citation in list description)
October 10, 2008