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 (John xv. 20).

Syn. -- To follow; chase; seek; persist. See Follow.

Pur*sue", v. i. 1. To go in pursuit; to follow.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth.

Prov. xxviii. 1.

Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition.

Earle.

2. To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to

continue.

[A Gallicism]

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