Meaning

noun the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

noun United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

noun a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time

originFrom Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”) , see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”). Doublet of catch and related to capture. Displaced native Old English ōht, ēhtnes, and wāþ. Broadly overtook…

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