Definition of pursue

• v. t. - To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
• v. t. - To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
• 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.
• v. t. - To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
• v. t. - To follow as an example; to imitate.
• v. t. - To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
• v. i. - To go in pursuit; to follow.
• v. i. - To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
• v. i. - To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.