chace
chace is the obsolete spelling of chase.
Meaning of chase
Verb
chase (third-person singular simple present chases, present participle chasing, simple past and past participle chased)
- To follow at speed.
- To hunt.
- To seek to attain.
- The team are chasing their first home win this season.
- To persistently pursue someone as a sexual or romantic partner.
- He spends all his free time chasing girls.
- To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
- To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser.
- I need something to chase this shot with.
Proper noun capitalized: Chace
Chace
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Forms of chace
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | chaces |
| present participle | chacing |
| past participle | chaced |
| past | chaced |
| Noun | |
| plural | chaces |
Origin of chace
Variant of Chase.
Questions about chace
- What does chace mean?
- Chace means a surname originating as an occupation.
- What is chace the obsolete spelling of?
- Chace is the obsolete spelling of chase.
- What part of speech is chace?
- Chace is a proper noun.
Words near chace in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chace (page history and authors); Chace (page history and authors); chase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “chace.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chace. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
