pursuance

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/pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/

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/pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːəns/ · /pə(ɹ)ˈsuːəns/

Definition of pursuance

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)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.”
“About 1350 she went to Rome, partly to obtain from the pope the authorization of the new order, partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)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.”
“About 1350 she went to Rome, partly to obtain from the pope the authorization of the new order, partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.”
(countable, uncountable)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.”
(countable, uncountable)The state of being pursuant; consequence.

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From pursue + -ance.

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