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chase(5) (iou) and antisocial personality (medicine)


chase(5) (iou)



chase verb1. Also (arch.) chace. ME.
[Old French chacier (mod. chasser) from Proto-Romance var. of Latin captare frequentative of capere take: cf. CATCH verb.]
verb trans. Follow with intent to kill, capture, overtake, attract, etc.; pursue, run after; appear to follow thus; try to attain or achieve. ME.
chase one's tail: see TAIL noun1. chase the dragon: see DRAGON noun. chase up colloq. pursue with a specific purpose. go and chase oneself, chase oneself colloq. (usu. in imper.) leave, go away.
Swift We were chased by two pirates, who soon overtook us. Tennyson Chasing each Other merrily. Yeats I chased with hounds the flying deer. P. G. Wodehouse He drank like a fish and was always chasing girls. J. Snow The Australians chased the 242 runs they needed to win.
b. Persecute, harass. ME-E17.
c. Follow (a drink etc.) with (or with) a chaser. colloq. M20.
verb intrans.
a. Go hunting. ME-E16.
b. Go in pursuit. Freq. foll. by after. LME.
Sir W. Scott 'Horse! horse!' the Douglas cried, 'and chase!' E. O'Neill He doesn't give wild parties, doesn't chase after musical-comedy cuties.
c. Hurry; move with speed. Usu. with adverb or preposition phr. LME.
R. Macaulay Aunt Cynthia chased off after another exciting subject. D. H. Lawrence The wind chases by us and over the corn.
verb trans. Drive away, out, from, out of, etc. ME.
J. Conrad The ship had been chased away. G. B. Shaw A flush of interest and delight suddenly chases the growing perplexity and boredom from her face.
b. Put to flight, rout; dispel. arch. ME.
c. Drive (cattle etc.). Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
chaseable adjective fit to be chased or hunted LME.
chasing verbal noun1 (a) the action of the verb (contour-chasing: see CONTOUR noun); (b) steeplechasing: LME.

antisocial personality (medicine)


antisocial personality


A personality disorder characterised by a continuous and persistent pattern of aggressive behaviour in which the rights of others are violated.

See: psychopath, sociopath.

Synonym: psychopathic personality.