Definition of Chased

1. Noun. A person who is being chased. "The film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"

Exact synonyms: Pursued
Generic synonyms: Hunted Person

Definition of Chased

1. Verb. (past of chase) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chased

1. chase [v] - See also: chase

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chased

chas
chasable
chase
chase a rainbow
chase after
chase away
chase down
chase gun
chase guns
chase off
chase plane
chase port
chase up
chaseable
chased (current term)
chaser
chasers
chases
chasest
chaseth
chasey
chasible
chasibles
chasin'
chasing
chasings
chasm
chasma
chasmal

Literary usage of Chased

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition (1851)
"The birds and embossments in solid gold, chased, turquoise ground, ... Pair of vases, rose ground, chased gold panels, with musical emblems and flowers. ..."

2. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"chased BY A STORM. For a week or two I stayed mostly within doors, for I seemed to meet this person everywhere, and he had become utterly hateful to me. ..."

3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1900)
"CHAPTER VI How King Arthur, King Uriens, and Sir Accolon of Gaul, chased an hart, and of their marvellous adventures. THEN it befell that Arthur and many of ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"In 1629 four very handsomely chased and the surgeons. This cup is elaborately chased, and enriched with badges of the Tudor rose, portcullis and ..."

5. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"Although the immunity of the neutral territory from Y,6"86^. , •» • chased into the exercise of any act of hostility is generally admitted, the neutral yet ..."

6. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"She was chased some eight or ten times by brigs, sloops-of-war, frigates, ... As the Surprise left the port of Brest she was chased for several hours by a ..."

7. The Connoisseur by George Colman, Bonnell Thornton (1903)
"Louis XVI. clock, white marble case with figures ot nymphs and cupids, and chased ormolu mounts. Louis XVI. oblong parqueterie casket, ot satin and harewood ..."

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