Pursuance

3 definitions found

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

  Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See {Pursuant}.]
     1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or
        after.
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              Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new


              nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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     2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.
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     {In pursuance of}, in accordance with; in prosecution or
        fulfillment of.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pursuance
       n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
            "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance
            of fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: {pursuit}, {quest}]
       2: the continuance of something begun with a view to its
          completion [syn: {prosecution}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "pursuance":
     chase, chasing, continualness, continuance, continuation,
     continuity, dogging, endurance, extension, follow, follow-up,
     following, heeling, hounding, hue and cry, hunting, lengthening,
     maintenance, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, progress,
     progression, prolongation, prosecution, protraction, pursual,
     pursuing, pursuit, quest, repetition, run, search, searching,
     seeking, sequel, sequence, series, shadowing, stalking,
     staying power, straight course, sustained action, sustenance,
     tailing, tracking, tracking down, trailing, uninterrupted course,
     unremittingness, way