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pursued
(encz) | pursued,pronásledovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pursued
(encz) | pursued,sledoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
pursued
(encz) | pursued,stíhaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pursued
(gcide) | Pursue \Pur*sue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pursued; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pursuing.] [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.
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We happiness pursue; we fly from pain. --Prior.
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The happiness of men lies in purswing,
Not in possessing. --Longfellow.
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2. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue
a remedy at law.
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The fame of ancient matrons you pursue. --Dryden.
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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.
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4. To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue. " Insatiate
to pursue vain war." --Milton.
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5. To follow as an example; to imitate.
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6. To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
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The servant is not greater than his lord. If they
have pursued me, they shall pursue you also.
--Wyclif (John
xv. 20).
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Syn: To follow; chase; seek; persist. See Follow.
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pursued
(wn) | pursued
adj 1: followed with enmity as if to harm; "running and leaping
like a herd of pursued antelopes"
n 1: a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and
forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [syn: pursued,
chased] |
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pursued
(encz) | pursued,pronásledovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožpursued,sledoval v: Zdeněk Brožpursued,stíhaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Unpursued
(gcide) | Unpursued \Unpursued\
See pursued. |
pursued
(wn) | pursued
adj 1: followed with enmity as if to harm; "running and leaping
like a herd of pursued antelopes"
n 1: a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and
forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [syn: pursued,
chased] |
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