Hunt, v. i. 1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.
2. To seek; to pursue; to search; — with for or after.
He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak.
To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. Shak.