PURSUE, v.t. [L. sequor; prosequor, or persequor. See Seek.] 1. To follow; to go or proceed after or in a like direction. The captain pursued the same course as former navigators have taken. A subsequent legislature pursued the course of their predecessors.2. To take and proceed in, without following another. Captain Cook pursued a new and unexplored course. New circumstances often compel us to pursue new expedients and untried course. What course shall we pursue?3. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare; to pursue an enemy.4. To seek; to use measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.5. To prosecute; to continue. A stream proceeds from a lake and pursues a southerly course to the ocean. He that pursueth evil, pursueth it to his own death. Prov.11.6. To follow as an example; to imitate. The fame of ancient matrons you pursue.7. To endeavor to attain to; to strive to reach or gain. We happiness pursue; we fly from pain.8. To follow with enmity; to persecute.This verb is frequently followed by after. Gen.35. PURSUE, v.i. To go on; to proceed; to continue; a Gallicism. I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chimists should not consider--
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