5. To follow as an example; to imitate.
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.
PURSUE
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.
Note: [A Gallicism]
I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider.
Boyle.
3. (Law)
Defn: To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor. Burrill.
PURSUER
Pur*su"er, n.