pursue (obs. or arch. uses are)
1.
to follow with
hostility, persecute
Wiv. IV. ii. 225
“May we . . . him with
any further revenge?,”
Troil. IV. v. 69
“will you the knights
Shall to the edge of all extremity
Pursue each other?.”
2.
to punish
Meas. V. i. 110
“pursue Faults.”
3.
to follow as an
attendant or suppliant (lit. and fig.) Tw.N. V. i. 392,
R2 II. iii. 59
“your love p-s A
banish'd traitor,”
Troil. V. iii. 10
“ we him
on knees,”
Ham. III. ii. 234
“Both here and hence
me
lasting strife,”
Ant. III. x. [xii.] 25 “Fortune pursue thee!.”
4.
to ensue R3 II. iii. 43 (Ff)
“mistrust Pursuing
danger” (Qq “Ensuing”).
5.
to proceed with
Mer.V. IV. i. 299
“ sentence,”
Ham. I. v. 84
“pursu'st this
act,”
Ant. V. ii. 356.
