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PURSUIT, n. The act of following with a view to overtake; a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; as the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.

1. 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; the pursuit of power, of honor, of distinction, of a phantom.

2. Proceeding; course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to some end; as mercantile pursuits; literary pursuits.

3. Prosecution; continuance of endeavor.
1913 Definition
Pursuit (pursuit)
n.(?)
Pur*suit"
[F. poursuite, fr. poursuivre. See Pursue, v. t.]
  1. 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.
    Clarendon.

    Weak we are, and can not shun pursuit. Shak.

  2. 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.
  3. Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
  4. Prosecution.
    [Obs.]

    That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court. Fuller.

    Curve of pursuit (Geom.), a curve described by a point which is at each instant moving towards a second point, which is itself moving according to some specified law.


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