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    pur·sue
    [pərˈso͞o]
    verb
    pursue (verb) · pursues (third person present) · pursued (past tense) · pursued (past participle) · pursuing (present participle)
    1. follow (someone or something) in order to catch or attack them:
      "the officer pursued the van" · "a heavily indebted businessman was being pursued by creditors"
      • seek to form a sexual relationship with (someone) in a persistent way:
        "Sophie was being pursued by a number of men"
      • seek to attain or accomplish (a goal) over a long period:
        "should people pursue their own happiness at the expense of others?"
      • archaic
        literary
        (of something unpleasant) persistently afflict (someone):
        "mercy lasts as long as sin pursues man"
    2. (of a person or way) continue or proceed along (a path or route):
      "the road pursued a straight course over the scrubland"
      • engage in (an activity or course of action):
        "Andrew was determined to pursue a computer career" · "the council decided not to pursue an appeal"
      • continue to investigate, explore, or discuss (a topic, idea, or argument):
        "we shall not pursue the matter any further"
    Origin
    Middle English (originally in the sense ‘follow with enmity’): from Anglo-Norman French pursuer, from an alteration of Latin prosequi ‘prosecute’.
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    verb
    1. follow (someone or something) in order to catch or attack them:
      go after
      run after
      follow
      chase
      hunt
      stalk
      track
      trail
      trace
      shadow
      dog
      hound
      course
      tail
      give chase to
      Opposite:
      avoid
      flee
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