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2 definitions found 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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