PURSUE
\pəsjˈuː], \pəsjˈuː], \p_ə_s_j_ˈuː]\
Definitions of PURSUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
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To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
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To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.
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To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
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To follow as an example; to imitate.
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To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
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To go in pursuit; to follow.
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To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
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To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
By Oddity Software
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To follow with a view to overtake; chase; as, to pursue a thief; seek; as, to pursue pleasure; to go on with; continue; as, to pursue one's studies.
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To follow; to continue.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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v. t. [French, Latin] To follow with a view to overtake ; to chase;-to seek; to use measures to obtain:- to prosecute ; to be engaged in ; to continue;-to follow as an example ; to imitate ;--v.i. To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse;--to follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party;--to persist in a suit or action :-imp & pp, pursued; ppr. pursuing.
