1. Verb
To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
2. Verb
To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
3. Verb
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. Verb
To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
5. Verb
To follow as an example; to imitate.
6. Verb
To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
7. Verb
To go in pursuit; to follow.
8. Verb
To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
9. Verb
To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
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