Purser's name
(Naut.),
a false name. [Slang]
Pursership
(Purs"er*ship), n. The office of purser. Totten.
Purset
(Purs"et) n. A purse or purse net. B. Jonson.
Pursiness
(Pur"si*ness) n. State of being pursy.
Pursive
(Pur"sive) a. Pursy. [Obs.] Holland.
Pursiveness
(Pur"sive*ness), n. Pursiness. [Obs. & R.]
Purslain
(Purs"lain) n. Same as Purslane.
Purslane
(Purs"lane) n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.)
An annual plant with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads,
garnishing, and pickling.
Flowering purslane, or
Great flowered purslane,
the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca. —
Purslane tree, a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate
leaves. — Sea purslane, a seashore plant (Arenaria peploides) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
— Water purslane, an aquatic plant (Ludwiqia palustris) but slightly resembling purslane.
Pursuable
(Pur*su"a*ble) a. Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted. Sherwood.
Pursual
(Pur*su"al) n. The act of pursuit. [R.]
Pursuance
(Pur*su"ance) n. [See Pursuant.]
1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.
Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.
Jer. Taylor. 2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.
In pursuance of,
in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of.
Pursuant
(Pur*su"ant) a. [From Pursue: cf. OE. poursuiant. Cf. Pursuivant.] Acting in consequence
or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; — with to or of.
The conclusion which I draw from these premises, pursuant to the query laid down, is, etc.
Waterland. Pursuant
(Pur*su"ant, Pur*su"ant*ly), adv. Agreeably; conformably.
Pursue
(Pur*sue") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pursued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pursuing.] [OE. pursuen, porsuen,
OF. porsivre, poursuivre, poursuir, F. poursuivre, fr. L. prosequi; pro forward + sequi to follow. See
Sue, and cf. Prosecute, Pursuivant.]
1. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
We happiness pursue; we fly from pain.
Prior.
The happiness of men lies in purswing,
Not in possessing.
Longfellow. 2. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
The fame of ancient matrons you pursue.
Dryden.