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Pursuance

The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.

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Continuance 76% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Continuation 76% connected

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engage 74% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Engage 74% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prosecution 92% connected

The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a sc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pursuit 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quest 92% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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