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Pursuit   /pərsˈut/   Listen
Pursuit

noun
1.
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.  Synonyms: chase, following, pursual.
2.
A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria.  Synonyms: pursuance, quest.  "Life is more than the pursuance of fame" , "A quest for wealth"
3.
An auxiliary activity.  Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity.
4.
A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly).  Synonyms: interest, pastime.  "His main pastime is gambling" , "He counts reading among his interests" , "They criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"



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"Pursuit" Quotes from Famous Books



... for it was the Bangor. Enfeebled and nearly famishing, we headed toward it and rowed for life. How we regretted having left our sails on the island. The prau had sighted us and was bearing down in full pursuit; we soon could distinguish its wide-spreading, rakish sails almost touching the water as it sped on. Then we made out the naked forms of the Illanums hanging to the ropes, far out over the water, and then we could hear their blood-curdling ...
— Tales of the Malayan Coast - From Penang to the Philippines • Rounsevelle Wildman

... end of the front row of seats, where the pursuit came to a halt, Wallace Sutherland was sitting with his mother. He had been the centre of many admiring glances, especially from the girls. And indeed he was a fine-looking young fellow and it was no wonder that his uncle was ...
— In Orchard Glen • Marian Keith

... day the drums sounded, and the Cid's heart was glad. He drew up the Christians, and they sped forth to do battle with the infidels. "They drove them from the garden in royal style; straight up to the camp was the pursuit continued. Glad is my Cid ...
— With Spurs of Gold - Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds • Frances Nimmo Greene

... citizens flew into a violent rage, and were near putting him to death. They told him that if he did not order his men out of sight of the town, they would fire upon them with their great guns. This was done with design to give me time to leave the town before they could follow in pursuit of me. M. de Barlemont and the agent, Du Bois, used every argument they could devise to persuade me to go to Namur, where they said Don John waited ...
— Memoirs And Historical Chronicles Of The Courts Of Europe - Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici • Various

... yet this great profusion of their prince did so smally serve their hungry guts, like starven tikes that were never content with more than enough; at all their collations, assemblies, and sermons, they never left yelling and yelping in pursuit of their prey, Restore! Restore! These devout deacons nothing regarded how some for long service and travail abroad, while they sat at home—some for shedding his blood in defence of his prince's ...
— The Reign of Mary Tudor • James Anthony Froude


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