Index of English words, starting with "pu"

(1) - Pursuant (adv.) Alt. of Pursuantly
(2) - Pursuant (a.) Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of.

(1) - Pursuantly (adv.) Agreeably; conformably.

(1) - Pursue (v. i.) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
(2) - Pursue (v. i.) To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
(3) - Pursue (v. i.) To go in pursuit; to follow.
(4) - Pursue (v. t.) To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
(5) - Pursue (v. t.) To follow as an example; to imitate.
(6) - Pursue (v. t.) To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
(7) - Pursue (v. t.) To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.
(8) - Pursue (v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
(9) - Pursue (v. t.) To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

(1) - Pursuer (n.) A plaintiff; a prosecutor.
(2) - Pursuer (n.) One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

(1) - Pursuit (v. t.) Prosecution.
(2) - Pursuit (v. t.) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
(3) - Pursuit (v. t.) 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.
(4) - Pursuit (v. t.) 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.