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What does Pursual mean?

noun

1. the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
   • synonyms: chase / following / pursuit
   • more generic: motion / move / movement = the act of changing location from one place to another
   • more specific:
     • tracking / trailing = the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
     • shadowing / tailing = the act of following someone secretly
     • stalking / stalk = the act of following prey stealthily

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Universal Dictionary of the English Language: Ine-Rhe (1897)

by Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, Thomas Henry Huxley

pursual—. Puseyite. 3823 *pur -an'-al. ». [Eng. pursuit); -ai.] The act of pursuing ; pursuance. pur-atf-anfo, s. [ting, pursuant) ; -«.] The act of pursuing, following, or prosecuting ; a following after ; a carrying out or prosecuting of a design, order, ...

New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets' Handbook (1991)

by Burges Johnson

UAGE, EWAGE sewage UAL, EWAL dual eschewal UANT, UENT fluent escuage pursual reviewal truant UBBARD, UPBOARD cupboard lubbard UBBER blubber slubber lubber landlubber rubber indiarubber UBBISH clubbish cubbish ...

Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary (1996)

inquiry, probing, pursual, pursuit, seeking, ululate 8 pursuing, research 9 cast about, ferret out, pursuance, search for, search out 1 1 inquisition question 3 ask, nut 4 poll, quiz 5 demur, doubt, issue, query 7 debrief, dispute, examine, inquire, ...

The encyclopaedic dictionary (1886)

a new original work of reference to all the words in the English language, with a full account of their origin, meaning, pronunciation, and use ... by Robert Hunter

pursual— Puseyite 731 *pUT-8U'-al, s. [Eng. pursue); -aL] The act ...

The imperial dictionary of the English language (1884)

a complete encyclopedic lexicon, literary, scientific, and technological by John Ogilvie

Pursual (per-su'al), n. The act of pursuing: pursuit 'Quick pjtrsual.' Southey.

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