Definition of Poursew

1. pursue [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: pursue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poursew

pouries
pouring
pouringly
pourings
pourlieu
pourlieus
pourparler
pourparlers
pourparties
pourparty
pourpoint
pourpoints
pourpresture
pourprestures
pours
poursew (current term)
poursewed
poursews
poursue
poursued
poursues
poursuing
poursuit
poursuits
pourtraict
pourtraicts
pourtray
pourtrayed
pourtraying
pourtrays

Literary usage of Poursew

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"... and powre of al which them poursew.' 'What secret place' (quoth he) 'can safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eie? ..."

2. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1901)
"... and powre of al which them poursew.' ' What secret place' (quoth he) ' can safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eie? ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Still as the greedy knight nigh to him drew; And oftentimes he would relent his pace, That him his foe more fiercely should poursew: But, ..."

4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"... of al which them poursew.' ' What secret place' (quoth he) ' can safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eie ? Or where hast thou thy wonne, ..."

5. The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose by Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford (1919)
"... and powre of al which them poursew." 20 "What secret place" (quoth he) "can safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heavens eie? ..."

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