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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.

Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but

pursuances

of old truths.

Jer. Taylor.

The state of being pursuant; consequence.

In pursuance of

in accordance with; in prosecution or fulfillment of.

Adj.

[from pursue.] A following; prosecution,process or continued exertion to reach or accomplish something; as in pursuance of the main design.

Consequence; as in pursuance of an order from the commander in chief.