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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 956 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHASE  . (1) (Fr.

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chasse, from
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Lat. cieptare, frequentative of capere, to take), the pursuit of
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wild animals for
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food or
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sport (see
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HUNTING) . The word is used of the pursuit of any-thing, and also of the thing pursued, as, in
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naval warfare, of a
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ship . A transferred meaning is that of
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park
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land reserved for the breeding and hunting of wild animals, in which sense it appears in various
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place-names in
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England, as
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Cannock Chase . It is also a
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term for a stroke in
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tennis (q.v.) .

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