Definition of pursue

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Pursue (v. t.) To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.

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Gazehound :: Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.
Zealot :: Zealot (n.) One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim..
Subsecutive :: Subsecute (v. t.) To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue..
Pursuer :: Pursuer (n.) One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake..
Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship..
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
Rache :: Rache (n.) A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound..
Chase :: Chase (v.) That which is pursued or hunted.
Pleasure :: Pleasure (v. i.) To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring..
Ensue :: Ensue (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.
Pursuivant :: Pursuivant (v. t.) To pursue.
Pursue :: Pursue (v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law..
Sportsmanship :: Sportsman (n.) One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer..
Calamary :: Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid..
Consecute :: Consecute (v. t.) To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue.
Course :: Course (v. i.) To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire..
Pursuable :: Pursuable (a.) Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted..
Eager :: Eager (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase..
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