pursuing

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pur·sue

(pər-so͞o′)

v. pur·sued, pur·su·ing, pur·sues

v.tr.

1. To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase: a fox that was pursued by hounds.

2. To strive to gain or accomplish: pursue lofty political goals.

3. To proceed along the course of; follow: a ship that pursued the southern course.

a. To carry further; advance: Let's not pursue this argument.

b. To take action regarding (something), especially with the intention of sustained effort: a detective who pursued each lead.

c. To engage in (a vocation or hobby, for example); practice.

5. To try to have a romantic relationship with: a lady who was pursued by many suitors.

6. To continue to torment or afflict; haunt: was pursued by the demons of lust and greed.

v.intr.

1. To follow in an effort to overtake or capture; chase.

2. To take action regarding something or carry on an established activity or project.

[Middle English purseuen, pursuen, from Anglo-Norman purseure, pursure, from Vulgar Latin *prōsequere, from Latin prōsequī; see prosecute.]

pur·su′a·ble adj.

pur·su′er n.

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Pursuing

of stewards of the house: stewards collectively—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

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Adj.

pursuing - following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit; "the fox fled from the pursuing hounds"; "listened for the hounds' pursuing bark"

following - going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps"

pursuing

noun

An attempting to accomplish or attain:

pursuit, quest, search.

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The Hawk, interrupting him, said: "I should indeed have lost my senses if I should let go food ready in my hand, for the sake of pursuing birds which are not yet even within sight."

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I was interested to note that the tracks of the pursuing horsemen, for such I was now convinced they must be, continued after Powell with only a brief stop at the hole for water; and always at the same rate of speed as his.

My first knowledge that I was on the wrong trail came when I heard the yells of the pursuing savages suddenly grow fainter and fainter far off to my left.

I drew rein on a little level promontory overlooking the trail below and to my left, and saw the party of pursuing savages disappearing around the point of a neighboring peak.

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Be that as it may, however, Frederica is returned on my hands; and, having nothing else to employ her, is busy in pursuing the plan of romance begun at Langford.

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From Orsha they fled farther along the road to Vilna, still playing at blindman's buff with the pursuing army.

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When we had done so we resolved to engage the men, if we could, to join with those we had, for the pursuing our business; but, on a sudden, they having received not their wages, but their share of the money, as we afterwards learned, not one of them was to be found; we inquired much about them, and at length were told that they were all gone together by land to Agra, the great city of the Mogul's residence, to proceed from thence to Surat, and then go by sea to the Gulf of Persia.

This danger a little startled my partner and all the ship's company, and we immediately resolved to go away to the coast of Tonquin, and so on to the coast of China--and pursuing the first design as to trade, find some way or other to dispose of the ship, and come back in some of the vessels of the country such as we could get.

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Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption.

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'Good evening, Miss Peecher,' he said, pursuing the shadow, and taking its place.

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