PURSUAL

pursuit, chase, pursual, following

(noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; “the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pursual (plural pursuals)

The act of pursuit.

Source: Wiktionary


Pur*su"al, n.

Definition: The act of pursuit. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

2 March 2025

LOITER

(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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