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pursual (n.)
1814, from pursue + -al (2).
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pursuance (n.)
1590s, from Middle French poursuiance "act of pursuing," from Old French poursuir (see pursue).
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pursuant (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French poursuiant, porsivant, present participle of porsuir, porsivre "chase, pursue" (see pursue). Meaning "carrying out; following, according" is from 1690s.
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pursue (v.)
late 13c., "to follow with hostile intent," from Anglo-French pursuer and directly from Old French poursuir (Modern French poursuivre), variant of porsivre "to chase, pursue, follow; continue, carry on," from Vulgar Latin *prosequare, from Latin prosequi "follow, accompany, attend; follow after, escort; follow up, pursue," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + sequi "follow" (from PIE root *sekw- (1) "to follow"). Meaning "to proceed, to follow" (a path, etc.), usually figurative (a course of action, etc.), is from late 14c. This sense also was in Latin. Related: Pursued; pursuing. For sense, compare prosecute.
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pursuer (n.)
late 14c., agent noun from pursue.
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pursuit (n.)
late 14c., "persecution," also "action of pursuit," from Anglo-French purseute, from Old French porsuite "a search, pursuit" (14c., Modern French poursuite), from porsivre (see pursue). Sense of "one's profession, recreation, etc." first recorded 1520s. As a type of track cycling race from 1938.
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purty (adj.)
1829, representing a colloquial pronunciation of pretty (adj.).
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purulent (adj.)

"pus-colored," early 15c., from Latin purulentus "full of pus," from pus (genitive puris) "pus" (see pus). Related: Purulence.

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purvey (v.)
late 13c., from Anglo-French porveire, purveire and directly from Old French porveoir "to provide, prepare, arrange" (Modern French pourvoir), from Latin providere "look ahead, prepare, supply, act with foresight," from pro "ahead" (see pro-) + videre "to see" (from PIE root *weid- "to see"). Compare provide, which now usually replaces it. Related: Purveyed; purveying.
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purveyance (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French purveance and directly from Old French porveance, from Latin providentia (see providence).
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