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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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