Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with;
- Example: "pursuant to our agreement"- Example: "pursuant to the dictates of one's conscience"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pursuant \Pur*su"ant\, a. [From Pursue: cf. OE. poursuiant.
Cf. Pursuivant.]
Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence,
agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or
of.
[1913 Webster]
The conclusion which I draw from these premises,
pursuant to the query laid down, is, etc. --Waterland.
[1913 Webster] Pursuant
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pursuant \Pur*su"ant\, Pursuantly \Pur*su"ant*ly\, adv.
Agreeably; conformably.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pursuant
adj 1: (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with;
"pursuant to our agreement"; "pursuant to the dictates of
one's conscience"