Pursue

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To go in pursuit; to Follow.

II. Pursue ·vt To follow as an example; to Imitate.

III. Pursue ·vt To follow with enmity; to Persecute; to call to account.

IV. Pursue ·vi To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.

V. Pursue ·vt To Prosecute; to be engaged in; to Continue.

VI. Pursue ·vi To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to Continue.

VII. Pursue ·vt To Seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.

VIII. Pursue ·vt To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to Chase; as, to pursue a hare.

IX. Pursue ·vt 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.