Catched

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen,
     OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser,
     fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of
     capere to take, catch. See {Capacious}, and cf. {Chase},
     {Case} a box.]


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     1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to
        grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding;
        as, to catch a ball.
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     2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
        "They pursued . . . and caught him." --Judg. i. 6.
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     3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as,
        to catch a bird or fish.
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     4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. "To catch him in his
        words". --Mark xii. 13.
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     5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to
        catch a melody. "Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the
        issue." --Tennyson.
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     6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the
        adjoining building.
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     7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
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              The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden.
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     8. To get possession of; to attain.
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              Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak.
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     9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion,
        infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an
        occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold;
        the house caught fire.
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     10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to
         catch one in the act of stealing.
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     11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
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     {To catch fire}, to become inflamed or ignited.
  
     {to catch it} to get a scolding or beating; to suffer
        punishment. [Colloq.]
  
     {To catch one's eye}, to interrupt captiously while speaking.
        [Colloq.] "You catch me up so very short." --Dickens.
  
     {To catch up}, to snatch; to take up suddenly.
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