pursuance

[ per-soo-uh ns ]

/ pərˈsu əns /

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noun

the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.

Nearby words

purse-string suture, pursed lips breathing, purser, purslane, purslane family, pursuance, pursuant, pursue, pursuer, pursuit, pursuit plane

Origin of pursuance

First recorded in 1590–1600; pursue + -ance

Related forms

non·pur·su·ance, noun

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Examples from the Web for pursuance

Edna's features were rigid in her impatience with John's pursuance of an uncomfortable subject.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
All concur in desiring to give effect to the Constitution and the laws passed in pursuance of it.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention|Lucius Eugene Chittenden
In pursuance of this idea he opened a case of weapons and took out a dagger.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
How far, then, can he safely go in delaying the cause for the benefit of, and in pursuance of the instructions of his client?
An Essay on Professional Ethics|George Sharswood

This Institution was to transfer the bequest, when a College, in pursuance of his views, was established and bearing his name.
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921|Cyrus Macmillan

British Dictionary definitions for pursuance

pursuance

/ (pəˈsjuːəns) /

noun

the carrying out or pursuing of an action, plan, etc

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pursuance

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