Definition of pursue

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pursue is as below...

Pursue (v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law..

Lern More About Pursue

Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer..
Walk :: Walk (v. i.) To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
Investigate :: Investigate (v. i.) To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.
Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.
Hotly :: Hotly (a.) In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued..
Mouse :: Mouse (v. i.) To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something..
Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship..
Pursue :: Pursue (v. t.) To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..
Length :: Length (a.) Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length..
Pursue :: Pursue (v. i.) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor..
Track :: Track (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow..
Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt..
Course :: Course (v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..
Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
Waif :: Waif (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice..
Subsecutive :: Subsecute (v. t.) To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue..
Calender :: Calender (n.) One who pursues the business of calendering.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us