Chace

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of chase. alt-of, obsolete

    "We hiss'd along the polish'd ice, in games / Confederate, imitative of the chace"

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of chase. alt-of, obsolete

    "The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

Example

More examples

"The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him."

Etymology

Variant of Chase.

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