pursuance
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pursuance
- /pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/
- /pə(ɹ)ˈsuːəns/
Where it comes from
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English pursue
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Latin -ia
Latin -āntia
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English pursuance
From pursue + -ance.
noun pursuances
- A search for something; a pursuit or quest. [N]o man ought to be offended, that sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
- A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution. For some time Pridger had been waiting and watching for the occasion when his employer should be the last man to leave. In pursuance of this scheme it was his custom to announce that he was going and then secrete himself.
- The state of being pursuant; consequence.
