pursuant

& adv. [O. Fr. porsuiant, poursuiant, from porsuir, poursuir, pursuir =to pursue (q. v.).] A. As adj .: Done in consequence, or in fulfillment, or execution, of something; hence, agreeable, consonant, conformable. B. As adv .: In consequence of; agreeably, conformably; in accordance with. (Followed by to .) pür-sū-ant-ly, adv . [English pursuant; -ly.] Agreeably, conformably, pursuant; in accordance. pür-sûe', *per-sew, *por-sue, v . t . & i . [O. Fr. porsuir, poursuir (Fr. poursuivre ), from pur , por (Fr. pour )=Lat. pro- , and suir (Fr. suivre)=Latin sequor =to follow.] [PROSECUTE.] IMG:content-1757.png:[blocks in formation] B. Intransitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To follow after another; to go in pursuit. "And the Indians pursued not after them." Brende: Quintus Curtius, fol. 241. 2. To go on; to proceed to continue. "I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chymists should not consider."- Boyle . II. Law : To follow a matter judicially; to act as prosecutor. *pür-süe', *per-sue, s . [PURSUE, v.] Track. "By the great persue which she there perceav'd, Well hoped shee the beast eng or'd had beene." Spenser: F. Q., III. v. 28.