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chase (verb), chases; chased; chasing
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cap-, cip-, capt-, cept-, ceive, -ceipt, -ceit, -cipient
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chased, chaste
chased (CHAYST) (verb)
1. To have run after or pursued someone in order to catch that person, an animal, or something: Marjory chased after her child, Jimmy, before he could run out into the street.
2. Having caused someone or something to go away: Mildred chased the cats out of her garden so they wouldn't catch the birds.
2. Having caused someone or something to go away: Mildred chased the cats out of her garden so they wouldn't catch the birds.
chaste (CHAYST) (adjective)
Not indulging in unlawful sexual activity, being decent and moral: She remained chaste throughout her engagement and married as a chaste bride.
A chaste woman is seldom chased.
My neighbor, Mildred, was chaste and upstanding. It always broke her heart if someone chased a stray animal into her yard.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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