Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A carrying out or putting into effect; prosecution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of following or pursuing; pursuit; prosecution: as, the pursuance of some design; in pursuance of orders.
- noun Synonyms See
pursuit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.
- noun The state of being pursuant; consequence.
- noun in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
search for something; apursuit orquest - noun A
completion or putting into effect of something already begun; aprosecution
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
- noun the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
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Examples
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This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
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This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
“Did you read the health care bill?” - with handy primer. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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I resent the people who did this simply out of reverence for their ‘god’ (nature) and in pursuance of the ideal that the worship of this ‘god’ mandates: the total abdication or removal of modernized man from the face of the earth, for the sake of “letting nature do its thing.”
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This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Matthew Yglesias » Malapportionment Is Destroying the Planet 2010
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I resent the people who did this simply out of reverence for their ‘god’ (nature) and in pursuance of the ideal that the worship of this ‘god’ mandates: the total abdication or removal of modernized man from the face of the earth, for the sake of “letting nature do its thing.”
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Now all this was in pursuance of a stratagem devised by that ancient woman Zat al-Dawahi; for, before his departure, King
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For reasons which they could not comprehend, and in pursuance of a decision by default, on which they were never consulted, they found themselves made strangers in their own country.
Could Someone Please Explain This To Me ? Laban 2006
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This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Think Progress » Justice Department Lawyer To Congress: ‘The President Is Always Right’ 2006
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This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’ 2006
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This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
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