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CHASE . (1) (Fr. See also: chasse, from See also: Lat. cieptare, frequentative of capere, to take), the pursuit of See also: wild animals for See also: food or sport (see HUNTING)
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The word is used of the pursuit of any-thing, and also of the thing pursued, as, in See also: naval warfare, of a See also: ship
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A transferred meaning is that of See also: park See also: land reserved for the breeding and hunting of wild animals, in which sense it appears in various place-names in See also: England, as See also: Cannock Chase
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It is also a See also: term for a stroke in tennis (q.v.)
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