persue

English

Verb

persue (third-person singular simple present persues, present participle persuing, simple past and past participle persued)

  1. Obsolete form of pursue.
    • 1802, George Colman, (the Younger), “Sir Thomas Erpingham’s Sonnet on His Lady”, in Broad Grins; […], London: […] [F]or T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, […] [by] W[illiam] Flint, […], →OCLC, page 56:
      It could not otherwise befall / (Sir Thomas, and his Wife, this course persuing,) / But that the Lady, affable to all, / Should greet the Friars, on her way / To matins, as she met them, every day, / Good morninging, and how d’ye doing: […]

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