Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Pursuit
1.
The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution;
as, the
pursuit
of game; the pursuit
of an enemy. Clarendon.
Weak we are, and can not shun
pursuit
. Shakespeare
2.
A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain;
as, the
pursuit
of knowledge; the pursuit
of happiness or pleasure.3.
Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end;
as, mercantile
pursuits
; a literary pursuit
.4.
(Law)
Prosecution.
[Obs.]
That
pursuit
for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court. Fuller.
Curve of pursuit
(Geom.)
, a curve described by a point which is at each instant moving towards a second point, which is itself moving according to some specified law.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pursuit
PURSUIT
,Noun.
1.
A following with a view to reach, accomplish or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure; the pursuit of power, of honor, of distinction, of a phantom.2.
Proceeding; course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to some end; as mercantile pursuits; literary pursuits.3.
Prosecution; continuance of endeavor.