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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
- Example: "the pursuit of love"
- Example: "life is more than the pursuance of fame"
- Example: "a quest for wealth"
[syn: pursuit, pursuance, quest]

2. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion;
[syn: pursuance, prosecution]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See Pursuant.]
   1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or
      after.
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            Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new
            nothings, but pursuances of old truths. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.
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   In pursuance of, in accordance with; in prosecution or
      fulfillment of.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pursuance
    n 1: 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]
    2: the continuance of something begun with a view to its
       completion [syn: pursuance, prosecution]