'Pursuance' definitions:
Definition of 'pursuance'
(from WordNet)
noun
A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: pursuit, pursuance, quest]
noun
The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion [syn: pursuance, prosecution]
Definition of 'Pursuance'
From: GCIDE
- Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See Pursuant.]
- 1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after. [1913 Webster]
- Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being pursuant; consequence. [1913 Webster]
- In pursuance of, in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pursuance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- chase,
- chasing,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- dogging,
- endurance,
- extension,
- follow,
- follow-up,
- following,
- heeling,
- hounding,
- hue and cry,
- hunting,
- lengthening,
- maintenance,
- perpetuation,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- progress,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- prosecution,
- protraction,
- pursual,
- pursuing,
- pursuit,
- quest,
- repetition,
- run,
- search,
- searching,
- seeking,
- sequel,
- sequence,
- series,
- shadowing,
- stalking,
- staying power,
- straight course,
- sustained action,
- sustenance,
- tailing,
- tracking,
- tracking down,
- trailing,
- uninterrupted course,
- unremittingness,
- way