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prosecute

prosecute is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
  2. 2.(Law) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot. To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes. Milton.
  3. 3.To follow after. [Obs.] Latimer.
  4. 4.(Law) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses. Blackstone.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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