Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pursuance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pursuance \Pur*su"ance\, n. [See {Pursuant}.]
1. 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.
2. The state of being pursuant; consequence.
{In pursuance of}, in accordance with; in prosecution or
fulfillment of.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pursuance
n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
"the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance
of fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: {pursuit}, {quest}]
2: the continuance of something begun with a view to its
completion [syn: {prosecution}]
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