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pursuances

pursuances is the plural of pursuance.

Meaning of pursuance

Noun

pursuance (countable and uncountable, plural pursuances)

  1. A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
    • [N]o man ought to be offended, that sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths.1653, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: To the Right Honourable and Truly Noble Richard Lord Vaughan, Earl of Carbery, &c.”, in Reginald Heber...
  2. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
    • For some time Pridger had been waiting and watching for the occasion when his employer should be the last man to leave. In pursuance of this scheme it was his custom to announce that he was going and then secrete himself.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  3. The state of being pursuant; consequence.

Questions about pursuances

What is pursuances the plural of?
Pursuances is the plural of pursuance.

Words near pursuances in the dictionary

  1. pursse
  2. pursuable
  3. pursual
  4. pursuals
  5. pursuance
  6. pursuances
  7. pursuant
  8. pursuantly
  9. pursuaunt
  10. pursue
  11. pursued

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