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pursuit
late 14c., "persecution," from Anglo-Fr.
purseute
, from O.Fr.
porsuite
(early 14c.), from
porsivre
(see
pursue
). Meaning "action of pursuit" attested from early 15c.; sense of "one's profession, recreation, etc." first recorded 1520s.
