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Pursue   /pərsˈu/   Listen
verb
Pursue  v. t.  (past & past part. pursued; pres. part. pursuing)  
1.
To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare. "We happiness pursue; we fly from pain." "The happiness of men lies in purswing, Not in possessing."
2.
To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law. "The fame of ancient matrons you pursue."
3.
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.
4.
To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue. " Insatiate to pursue vain war."
5.
To follow as an example; to imitate.
6.
To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account. "The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued me, they shall pursue you also."
Synonyms: To follow; chase; seek; persist. See Follow.


Pursue  v. i.  
1.
To go in pursuit; to follow. "The wicked flee when no man pursueth." "Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition."
2.
To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue. Note: (A Gallicism) "I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider."
3.
(Law) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.





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"Pursue" Quotes from Famous Books



... exhort you, therefore, to pursue your ordinary business. Avoid especially all crowds. Remain quietly at your homes, except when engaged in business, or assisting the authorities in some organized force. When the military appear in the street, do not gather about it, being sure that it ...
— The Great Riots of New York 1712 to 1873 • J.T. Headley
... was forced three or four miles off the land in the course of a few hours, leaving us a quiet day for continuing our work, but exciting no very pleasant sensations, when we considered what progress we might have been making had we been at liberty to pursue our object. ...
— Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 • William O. S. Gilly
... of irresponsible amusement which C. Bailey, Jr., continued to pursue at intervals with the fair scion of the house—road-house—of Greensleeve, did not run as smoothly as it might have, and was not unmixed with carping reflections and sordid care on his part, and with an increasing number of interruptions, admonitions, and warnings ...
— Athalie • Robert W. Chambers
... 'I shall pursue this work that I have undertaken, because, loving you, I dare not fall below the highest life of which I am capable. I know that you can see into my nature with those clear eyes of yours. I could not love you if I did not feel that you were far ...
— Thyrza • George Gissing
... have asked me, I willingly make This effort to find him. Sometimes, I contend, It is kinder to let a soul speed to the end Of its swift downward course than to check it to-day, But to see it to-morrow pursue the same way. The man who could wantonly stray from your side Into folly and sin has abandoned all pride. There is little to hope from him. Yet, since his name Is the name you now bear, I will save him from shame, God permitting. To serve ...
— Three Women • Ella Wheeler Wilcox


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