pursuance

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}]
    

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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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "pursuance":
      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