persecute
verb (used with object)
to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
will persecute
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future tenseof persecute.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Jesus said "they persecuted me, they will persecute you in my name".
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
"For I," she cried, "will persecute no more than I have done."
From Time Magazine Archive
"This miserable woman," he thought, "laughs at me; and, when she says she does not blame Henrietta, that means that she hates her, and will persecute her."
From The Clique of Gold by Émile Gaboriau
From whence I conclude, added he, that the Bishop will persecute you without intermission.
From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
He will persecute May Holt no more, unless I am much mistaken.'
From Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling
