Pursuit
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) 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.
(2): ( v. t.) 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.
(3): ( v. t.) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
(4): ( v. t.) Prosecution.
King James Dictionary [2]
Pursuit, n. The act of following with a view to overtake a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility as the pursuit of game the pursuit of an enemy.
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.
