/peuhr sooht"/ , n.
1. the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
2. an effort to secure or attain; quest: the pursuit of happiness.
3. any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily: literary pursuits.
[ 1300-50; ME purseute prosequita for L prosecuta, fem. of prosecutus, ptp. of prosequi to PURSUE; cf. SUIT ]
Syn. 1. chase, hunt. 2. search. 3. activity, preoccupation, inclination.