Hunt | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Hŭnt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HUNTED; p. pr. & vb. n. HUNTING.] [A-S. huntian, to hunt, huntia, huntsman, allied to hentan, to follow, pursue. Cf. HEND, HENT.]

Sense 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 hounds for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.

Sense 2. To search diligently after; to pursue; to follow;—often followed by out or up.

Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.

We see children perpetually running from place to place to hunt out something new. Burke.

Sense 3. To drive; to chase;—with down, from, away, and the like.

Sense 4. To use or manage, as hounds in the chase.

He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.

Hŭnt, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game, for sport or other purposes; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5. 2. To seek by close pursuit; to search;—with for. The adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Prov. vi. 26. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting; to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.

Hŭnt, n.

noun

n. 1. A chase of wild animals for catching them; chase; pursuit; search.

The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.

Sense 2. A huntsman; a hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sense 3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.] Dryden.

Sense 4. An association of huntsmen; as, the Caledonian Hunt.

Sense 5. A portion of country hunted over.