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PURSUE
pursue, follow
(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”
prosecute, engage, pursue
(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; “She pursued many activities”; “They engaged in a discussion”
pursue, follow up on, act on
(verb) carry further or advance; “Can you act on this matter soon?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
pursue (third-person singular simple present pursues, present participle pursuing, simple past and past participle pursued)
(ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). [from late 14th c.]
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). [from late 14th c.]
(transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession). [from 15th c.]
(intransitive) To act as a legal prosecutor.
Anagrams
• sure up
Source: Wiktionary
Pur*sue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pursued; p. pr. & vb. n. Pursuing.] Etym: [OE. pursuen, porsuen, OF. porsivre, poursuivre, poursuir, F. poursuivre, fr. L. prosequi; pro forward + sequi to follow. See Sue, and cf. Prosecute, Pursuivant.]
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. Prior. The happiness of men lies in purswing, Not in possessing. Longfellow.
2. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law. The fame of ancient matrons you pursue. Dryden.
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." Milton.
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. Wyclif (John xv. 20).
Syn.
– To follow; chase; seek; persist. See Follow.
Pur*sue", v. i.
1. To go in pursuit; to follow. The wicked flee when no man pursueth. Prov. xxviii. 1. Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition. Earle.
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. Boyle.
3. (Law)
Definition: To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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