Catch

kach, v. t. [caught or (obs.) catched. catch sun, cube, full; moon, fot>t; cow, oil; ing.] To seize, esp. with the hand; to take captive, as in a snare; to entangle; to communicate to, fasten upon; to engage and attach to, charm; to receive, esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, or infection; to come upon unexpectedly; to find; to overtake.—!', i. To be held or impeded by entanglement; to spread by infecting. — n. Act of seizing; seizure; that which catches or is caught; gain; a pa ing opportunity improved. (Mus.) A humorous round, sentences. in which the singers catch up each other's Catch, kach, Cutch, kuch, n. Commercial names for Catechu, q. v.