Pursue
[pə'sjuː] or [pə'sʊ]
Definition
(verb.) follow in or as if in pursuit; 'The police car pursued the suspected attacker'; 'Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life'.
(verb.) carry further or advance; 'Can you act on this matter soon?'.
Inputed by Dustin--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
(v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
(v. t.) To follow as an example; to imitate.
(v. t.) To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
(v. i.) To go in pursuit; to follow.
(v. i.) To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
(v. i.) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
Editor: Yvonne
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase to.[2]. Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow up.[3]. Seek, strive for, try to obtain.
Checked by Genevieve
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Chase, follow, track, hunt, continue, prosecute,[See PROSECUTE]
Editor: Margie
Definition
v.t. to follow after in order to overtake: to follow with haste: to chase: to follow up: to be engaged in: to carry on: to seek to obtain: to seek to injure: to imitate: to continue.—v.i. to follow: to go on or continue: to act as a prosecutor at law.—n. (Spens.) pursuit.—adj. Pursū′able.—n. Pursū′ance the act of pursuing or following out: process: consequence.—adj. Pursū′ant done while pursuing or seeking any purpose hence agreeable.—adv. agreeably: conformably—also Pursū′antly.—n. Pursū′er one who pursues: (Scots law) a plaintiff.
Inputed by Katrina
Examples
- Then he turned to pursue his way homeward through the drizzle that had so greatly transformed the scene. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Very good, I thought; you may fume and fidget as you please: but this is the best plan to pursue with you, I am certain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I did not care to pursue her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was brushed and washed at the usual hour, and set off with his son to pursue his ostensible calling. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In advanced life we enjoy, while girls and boys pursue shadows and live on hope. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He thought it would be useless to pursue with jaded horses a well-mounted party with so much of a start. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You had better not pursue the subject, my dear, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You are silent, he pursued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Slave, slave, slave, from morning to night,' pursued the person of the house, 'and all for this! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She pursued her embroidery carefully and quickly, but her eyelash twinkled, and then it glittered, and then a drop fell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Vous êtes malade de coeur et d'humeur, he pursued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And I am glad to speak,' pursued the boy, 'in presence of Mr Lightwood, because it was through Mr Lightwood that you ever saw my sister. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Forced to fly her husband's roof by this insult, the coward had pursued his revenge by taking her child from her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They said little more; but were company to one another in silently pursuing the same subjects, and did not part until midnight. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Therefore, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, pursuing his case in his jog-trot style, I have much to consider. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He seized his bicycle, pursued the lad, and in pursuing him met his death. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Good evening, Miss Peecher,' he said, pursuing the shadow, and taking its place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was no gainsaying this difficulty, and we relinquished all thoughts of pursuing Orlick at that time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Lily's colour rose: it was growing clear to her that Bertha was pursuing an object, following a line she had marked out for herself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Then I don't understand,' pursues the Father, 'how even their living beyond their means could bring them to what has been termed a total smash. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It may be that he pursues her doggedly and steadily, with no touch of compunction, remorse, or pity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Only as ultimately securing tranquillity of mind, which the philosopher instinctively pursues, has it for him any necessity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I was saying, what do you think NOW, pursues Mr. Guppy, of enlisting? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Information is flashed to meet or overtake the vessel and caught up by her aerial, as she pursues her way at twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is not worth my while,' pursues Podsnap, becoming handsomely mollified, 'and it is the reverse of important to my position. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Adeimantus pursues the argument further. Plato. The Republic.
Checker: Virgil