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Pursue
//pəˈsjuː// verb
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Verb
- 1 To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. ambitransitive
"pursue one's dreams"
- 2 go in search of or hunt for wordnet
- 3 To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). transitive
"Her rival pursued a quite different course."
- 4 follow in or as if in pursuit wordnet
- 5 To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). transitive
"He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians."
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- 6 carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in wordnet
- 7 To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession). transitive
"The Kedarites are depicted as herders of sheep and goats who pursued a seminomadic existence and lived scattered over a wide area of the desert region east of the land of Israel."
- 8 carry further or advance wordnet
- 9 To act as a legal prosecutor. intransitive
- 10 To continue; to carry on. archaic, transitive
"'Allow me, great king,' pursued the Demon, in a dry tone of voice, 'to wish you joy […]"
Etymology
From Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute.
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