to follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.-to seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.-to proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, captain cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.-to prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.-to follow as an example; to imitate.-to follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.-to go in pursuit; to follow.-to go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.-to follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.