chase sb. (2 the usual sense; 3 once)
1.
hunting Oth. II. iii. 372, Ven. 3, &c.
2.
pursuit
MND. II. ii. 88
“I am out of breath in
this fond chase; in chase”
is used both of the chaser and of the chased
Gent. V. iv. 15
“Have some unhappy
passenger in chase,”
Tw.N. III. i. 126
“I did send . . . A ring
in chase of you,”
John I. i. 223
“he, That holds in chase
mine honour,”
Sonn. cxliii. 5
“her neglected child
holds her in chase; by this kind of
chase,”
by following up this kind of argument AYL. I. iii. 34;
occas.=race
Cæs. I. ii. 8
“in this holy
chase.”
3.
hunting-ground
Tit. II. iii. 255
“this pleasant
chase.”
4.
hunted animal Wint. III. iii. 56*.
