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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Hunting}.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf hentan to follow
pursue, Goth. hin?an (in comp.) to seize. [root]36. Cf
{Hent}.]
1. To search for or follow after as game or wild animals; to
chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing;
to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as to
hunt a deer.
Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. --Tennyson.
2. To search diligently after to seek; to pursue; to follow
-- often with out or up as to hunt up the facts; to hunt
out evidence.
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him
--Ps. cxl. 11.
3. To drive; to chase; -- with down from away etc.; as to
hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
He hunts a pack of dogs. --Addison.
5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as he hunts the
woods, or the country.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hunted
adj : reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted; "the
hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face"; "a
glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes"
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