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poursuit

poursuit is the obsolete form of pursuit.

Meaning of pursuit

Noun

pursuit (countable and uncountable, plural pursuits)

  1. The act of pursuing.
    • Unremitting pursuit of wealth doesn't bring happiness, particularly if successful.
    Synonyms:
    pursual
  2. A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
  3. (cycle racing) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
  4. (obsolete) prosecution
    • That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of poursuit

pluralpoursuits

Questions about poursuit

What is poursuit the obsolete form of?
Poursuit is the obsolete form of pursuit.

Words near poursuit in the dictionary

  1. poursews
  2. poursue
  3. poursued
  4. poursues
  5. poursuing
  6. poursuit
  7. poursuits
  8. poursuivant
  9. poursuivants
  10. pourtract
  11. pourtracts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poursuit (page history and authors); pursuit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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