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repursuit

repursuit noun: the act of pursuing again.

Noun

repursuit (uncountable)

  1. The act of pursuing again.
    • On the other hand, even if Highway’s hard-drinking, bar-fighting, recruit-abusing figure is also a cliché, his grieving over Heartbreak Ridge is not, and neither is his emotional isolation and repursuit of his ex-wife, whatever its conventional romanticcomedy affinities.2012, Leonard Engel, New essays on Clint Eastwood, University of Utah Press, page 229
    • So much so that he leaves open the possibility that the “socially responsible" role he'll soon emerge to try may involve the repursuit of eloquence through the spoken word1988, Robert O' Meally, New essays on Invisible man, Cambridge University Press, page 87

Origin of repursuit

re- + pursuit

Questions about repursuit

What does repursuit mean?
Repursuit means the act of pursuing again.
What part of speech is repursuit?
Repursuit is a noun.

Words near repursuit in the dictionary

  1. repurposings
  2. repursue
  3. repursued
  4. repursues
  5. repursuing
  6. repursuit
  7. repush
  8. repushed
  9. repushes
  10. repushing
  11. reput

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