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prosecutest

prosecutest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of prosecute.

Meaning of prosecute

Verb

prosecute (third-person singular simple present prosecutes, present participle prosecuting, simple past and past participle prosecuted)

  1. (transitive) To start criminal proceedings against.
    • to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
  2. (transitive) To charge, try.
    • The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 8
  3. To seek to obtain by legal process.
    • to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
  4. (transitive) To pursue something to the end.
    • to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation

Origin of prosecutest

prosecute + -est

Questions about prosecutest

What is prosecutest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prosecutest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of prosecute.

Words near prosecutest in the dictionary

  1. prosecute
  2. prosecuted
  3. prosecutee
  4. prosecutees
  5. prosecutes
  6. prosecutest
  7. prosecuteth
  8. prosecuting
  9. prosecuting attorney
  10. prosecuting attorneys
  11. prosecution

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