Pursuit

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt Prosecution.

II. Pursuit ·vt Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.

III. Pursuit ·vt A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.

IV. Pursuit ·vt The act of following or going after; ·esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an Enemy.