poursuivre, v.a., to pursue, to hunt, to chase; to endeavor to obtain, to seek for; to go on (with), to proceed (with), to follow up; to persecute, to annoy, to beset; to haunt; (jur.) to sue; (jur.) to prosecute, to action. — quelqu’un en justice; to prosecute any one at law. — l’ennemi; to pursue the enemy. — un procès; to carry on a lawsuit. — une charge; to endeavor to obtain a post. — une pension; to solicit a pension. — son discours; to proceed with one’s speech. — son chemin; to proceed on one’s way, to pursue one’s road, to go on one’s way.
se poursuivre, v.r., to pursue one another, to be pursued, to be continued; (jur.) to be sued; to be prosecuted.
poursuivre, v.n., to pursue, to continue. Poursuivez! go on!
pourtant, adv., however, howsoever, yet, still, for all that, notwithstanding, though, nevertheless.
pourtour, n.m., periphery, circumference, circuit; pit-tier (in a theatre).
pourvoi, n.m., (jur.) appeal (for reversal of judgment), application. — en grâce; petition for mercy.
pourvoir, v.n., to see to, to look to; to attend to; to provide (for), to supply, to make provision for; to nominate, to appoint. Pourvoyez à cette affaire; see to that business. — à sa subsistance; to provide for one’s living. — à un bénéfice; to prefer to a living, to appoint, to nominate to a living.
pourvoir, v.a., to invest with, to put in possession of; to provide, to supply, to furnish, to stock; to endow. — une place de vivres; to victual a garrison. Ce père a bien pourvu tous ses enfants; that father has made a handsome provision for all his children.
se pourvoir, v.r., to provide one’s self; to apply, to sue, to make application for. Se — en justice; to sue at law. Se — par appel; to enter an appeal. Se — en cassation; to appeal for a reversal of judgment. Se — en grâce; to petition for mercy.
☉pourvoirie, n.f., provision-store.