Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Cacciá-re, v. a.
1. to chase, hunt; 2. to pursue, run after; 3. to expel, drive away, turn out.Un chiodo caccia l'altro, one nail drives outanother. — di casa, to turn out of doors. — da se la noja, to drive away care. — da un posto (mil. t.), to drive out from an advantageous post; 4. to drive in, thrust in. — un pugnale nel seno, to thrust a dagger into the breast; 5. to tear out. — gli occhj ad uno, to pull out the eyes; v. r. — innanzi in qualche luogo, to thrust or obtrude one's self into a place. — a correre, to take to one's heels;s. m. Cacciá-tóre, f. Cacciá-tríce; adj. Cacciá-nte.
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cacciare: to hunt, to chase, to driue. Also to thrust in or out.