## Meanings
1. To work hard to achieve or get something you want.
2. To chase or follow someone in order to catch them.
3. To take part in an activity or hobby.

## Examples
- She decided to pursue a career in medicine.
- The police pursued the suspect through the streets.
- He pursues photography in his free time.

## Derived Forms
- mispursue
- overpursue
- pursuable
- pursuance
- pursuee
- pursuer
- pursuingly
- repursue
- unpursued
- unpursuing

## Related Forms
- chase
- follow
- pursual
- pursuant
- pursuit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: pursuen
- Root: pursure
- Root: prōsequor

## Etymology
From Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute.

## AI Etymology
Pursue comes from Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute. The historical chain includes *per- (Proto-Indo-European), pursuen (Middle English), pursure (xno), prōsequor (Latin). In present-day English it covers to work hard to achieve or get something you want, to chase or follow someone in order to catch them, and to take part in an activity or hobby. The wider family includes derived forms such as mispursue, overpursue, pursuable, pursuance, pursuee and related forms such as chase, follow, pursual, pursuant.

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