147: pursue May 4, 2015

The word 'pursue' now means "follow (someone or something) in order to catch or attack it" comes from Anglo-Norman French 'pursuer', which in turn comes from an alteration of Latin word 'prosequi', which means ‘prosecute’. The early senses of this word were closer to 'prosecute', and also included persecution, annoyance, and in legal contexts petition, and prosecution.