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Hunt (hŭnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hinan (in comp.) to seize. √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”.
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Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson.
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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.”
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Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.
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3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, “to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.”
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4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
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He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
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5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, “he hunts the woods, or the country”.
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6. (Change Ringing) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
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Hunt, v. i.
1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
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Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.
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2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
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He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak.
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3. (Mach.) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
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4. (Change Ringing) To shift up and down in order regularly.
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To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hunt, n.
1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
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The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.
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2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]
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4. An association of huntsmen.
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5. A district of country hunted over.
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Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.
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