PURSUIT, n. The act of following with a view to overtake a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility as the pursuit of game the pursuit of an enemy.

1. A following with a view to reach, accomplish or obtain endeavor to attain to or gain as the pursuit of knowledge the pursuit of happiness or pleasure the pursuit of power, of honor, of distinction, of a phantom.
2. Proceeding course of business or occupation continued employment with a view to some end as mercantile pursuits literary pursuits.
3. Prosecution continuance of endeavor.