Pursue
Pursue , transitive verb
[Old English pursuen, porsuen, Old French porsivre, poursuivre, poursuir, French poursuivre, from Latin prosequi; pro forward + sequi to follow. See Sue, and compare 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.
The happiness of men lies in purswing,
Not in possessing.
2.
To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
The fame of ancient matrons you pursue.
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.
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.
Pursue , intransitive verb
1.
To go in pursuit; to follow.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition.
2.
To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider.
[A Gallicism]
3.
(Law) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor. — Burrill