[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pursuit \pursuit"\, n. f. poursuite, fr. poursuivre. see
   pursue, v. t.
   1. 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. --clarendon.
      1913 webster

            weak we are, and can not shun pursuit. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. course of business or occupation; continued employment
      with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a
      literary pursuit.
      1913 webster

   4. law prosecution. obs.
      1913 webster

            that pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time
            did pertain to the spiritual court.   --fuller.
      1913 webster

   curve of pursuit geom., a curve described by a point
      which is at each instant moving towards a second point,
      which is itself moving according to some specified law.
      1913 webster
see also:
pursue curve of pursuit 

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