Word Meanings - PURSUE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

poursuivre, fr. L. prosequi; pro forward + sequi to follow. See Sue, 1. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare. We happiness pursue; we fly from pain. Prior. The happiness of men lies

Additional info about word: PURSUE

poursuivre, fr. L. prosequi; pro forward + sequi to follow. See Sue, 1. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare. We happiness pursue; we fly from pain. Prior. The happiness of men lies in purswing, Not in possessing. Longfellow. 2. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law. The fame of ancient matrons you pursue. Dryden. 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. 4. To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue. " Insatiate to pursue vain war." Milton. 5. To follow as an example; to imitate. 6. To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account. The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued me, they shall pursue you also. Wyclif . Syn. -- To follow; chase; seek; persist. See Follow.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PURSUE)

• Chase Pursue
• hunt
• follow
• drive
• prosecute
• Court
• seek
• affect
• flatter
• pursue
• Follow
• Pursue
• chase
• accompany
• obey
• Imitate
• succeed
• result
• ensue
• attend
• shadow
• observe
• copy
• Prosecute
• investigate
• conduct
• summon
• arraign
• persevere
• carry on
• persist
• sue
• Seek
• Search
• inquire
• solicit
• endeavor
• attempt
• strive
• trace
• court

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PURSUE)

• Abandon
• relinquish
• discard
• dismiss
• avoid
• elude
• evade
• Repel
• abjure
• disaffect
• insult
• repudiate
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin
• Pretermit
• disregard
• abandon
• misinvestigate

Related words: (words related to PURSUE)

• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• REPELLENCE; REPELLENCY
  The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• SUCCEEDANT
  Succeeding one another; following.
• PERSISTING
  Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. -- Per*sist"ing*ly, adv.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• AFFECTATIONIST
  One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
• SUCCEDANE
  A succedaneum.
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• SUCCESS
  1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• INSULT
  1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. Dryden. 2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage. Syn. -- Affront;
• FOLLOWING EDGE
  See ABOVE
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• SAFE-CONDUCT
  That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• OVERAFFECT
  To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
• PRELUDER
  One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.
• MISAFFECT
  To dislike.
• LADY'S TRACES; LADIES' TRESSES; LADIES TRESSES
  A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.