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+ Chase, to pursue, and chase, to engrave metal, are different words, both ultimately from Latin capere “to take”.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /tʃeɪs/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ {{homograph|1|pursue}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1300|origins=la captare}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|enm|chacen|alt=chacen, chasen]], [[bor|fro|chacier|t=to hunt, catch]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Vulgar Latin *captiāre,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from Latin captāre “to try to catch”, a frequentative of capere “to take”,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*keh₂p-|alt=*kap-|t=to grasp]].^(Etymonline) The Old French word is a variant of cachier, so that chase is a doublet of [[catch]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ To hunt, or to put to flight: about 1300 in Etymonline, probably before 1300 in Barnhart.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The noun, a hunt, is from about 1250 in Barnhart, the mid-13th century in Etymonline, 1297 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ To run after for any purpose is by the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) In Middle English chase also meant “to persecute”, as words for “pursue” often do.^(Etymonline) The pursuit of an enemy is from the early 14th century,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the pastime of hunting, ''the chase'', from about 1330.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) A tract of land kept for hunting is from about 1460.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) In naval warfare, the pursuit of a ship is from 1634,^(OED 1989) and in jazz, an exchange of solos from 1942.^(OED 1989) A ''chaser'', a mild drink taken after strong liquor, is American from 1897.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1250 – noun, a hunt.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * c. 1300 – verb, to hunt.^(Etymonline)
+ * mid-14th century – to run after.^(Etymonline)
+ * c. 1460 – a hunting ground.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1897 – ''chaser'', a drink.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To run after someone or something in order to catch them.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To make someone or something go away: ''chase off''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To try hard to get something: ''chase a dream''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # To hurry somewhere.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # The act of chasing someone or something; a [[pursuit]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # ''the chase'': hunting as a sport.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # ''(British)'' An area of open land once kept for hunting.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ {{homograph|2|engrave}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1414|origins=frm enchasser}}
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is a shortening of [[enchase]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Middle French enchâsser “to set gems, enclose”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from en- “in” and châsse “case, setting”, from Latin capsa “box”.^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[case]].^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ To engrave or emboss metal: 1414 in Barnhart, 1438 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ To set gems is from 1536–40.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1414 – to engrave metal.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * 1536–40 – to set gems.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To decorate metal by [[engrave|alt=engraving]] or embossing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[chaser]]
+ * [[catch]]
+ * [[enchase]]
+ * [[case]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ A third chase is a groove cut in an object (1610s), the bore of a gun (1640s), and in printing the frame in which type is locked, from French chas “enclosure”.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) In East Anglian dialect, a chase is a green lane leading to a farm.^(Wright 1898)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}