(a) To follow, go behind; go in pursuit in order to overtake; ~ after, follow in pursuit; -- also, with prep. phr.: ~ after, follow after (sb.); ~ upon, follow upon (someone's company); (b) to follow (sb.), go behind (sb.); pursue (sb. or sth.) in order to overtake; attend (sb.); also fig.; (c) to go, proceed; ~ in-to (to, unto), go to (sb., a place); ~ on, go toward (sb.); ~ to min sacrament, go to (partake of) my sacrament.

(a) To persevere, persist; ~ in armes (knighthode); ~ for this science, persevere in this science; ~ for to seken, continue to seek; (b) to pursue (a course of action, way of life, etc.), follow (God) in one's life; act in conformity with (religious law, practice, ritual), practice; adhere to (teachings or doctrine), persist in; med. follow (a course or method of treatment); (c) to pursue (a matter, topic, etc.), continue (a debate, quarrel); investigate (sth.), direct the attention to, examine; follow (the order of a book); (d) to attend to (a need).

(a) To engage in hunting, give chase; ~ after chace, pursue (one's) quarry; ~ forth, go out to hunt; (b) to hunt (an animal), pursue, track down; of an animal: pursue (sb., its prey), chase, follow (a scent).

(a) To make hostile pursuit; give chase in order to do injury or to kill; ~ after (of, upon), pursue after (sb.); ~ on (upon) the chace, give chase in battle; (b) to pursue (sb.) with hostile intent, hunt (sb.) down; also fig.; ~ the chace, give chase in battle; (c) fig. to dispel (darkness); treat (a disease); (d) ppl. pursuand, as noun: a pursuer.

With no implication of chasing: (a) to make an attack; ~ on (upon), make an assault upon (sb. or sth.); (b) to attack (sb.), assail; fig. attack (Fortune) verbally, abuse; also, with adv.: ~ oute; (c) to ravage (a country, a people), harry, pillage; (d) to harass (sb.), molest; torment (sb., the soul); persecute (sb., the Church); ~ to the deth, persecute (sb.) to the point of death; ~ to prisoun (brenninge), hound (sb.) to prison (execution by burning); (e) ppl. pursuand, as noun pl.: persecutors.

(a) To seek attainment of some state; ~ for pluralite, seek a plurality of lovers; (b) to seek (sb. or sth.), search for; (c) fig. to seek (grace, truth, renown, etc.), strive for; seek to obtain (a divorce), work to bring about (destruction, someone's death); ~ harmes, invite troubles; (d) with inf.: to strive (to do sth.), endeavor; (e) to make suit; also, request (sth.); ~ to (unto)..for, sue to (sb.) for (peace, favor, etc.); ~ praieres, ask for (someone's) prayers; ~ to, make suit to (sb. or sth.); ~ for, sue for (sth.); (f) to court (a lady), sue for (love).

(a) To take (booty), seize; (b) to take (sb.) in, deceive, beguile.

Law (a) To bring suit, sue; make a formal plea; also fig.; ~ after, bring suit for (sth.); ~ for, bring suit on behalf of (sb.), sue for (sth.); also, bring suit because of (a wrong done); ~ of, bring suit against (sb.), prosecute; ~ to, bring suit before (sb., a court, Parliament, etc.), make a formal appeal to; (b) to bring or carry on (a legal action); sue for (sth.); prosecute (sb.); ~ me (other), bring charges against me (another); ~ bulle (writ, lettres, etc.), sue for a bull (writ, letters, etc.) before the proper authority; ~ cause for, present the case for (a city), plead the cause of; ~ appele, present an appeal; ~ right, sue for (one's) rights.

Ppl. purseuing: (a) suitable, proper; (b) ~ after, of the same kind as, conforming to.