poursuivre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French porsivre, poursivre, porsuir, poursuire, porsivir, from Vulgar Latin *prosequere (attested in Vulgar or early Medieval Latin as prosevere and prosequire), from Latin prosequi. Most of the other Romance cognates (as well as the Old French parsivre, parsuivre) derived from the related persequor (which influenced the Old French in meaning); compare Occitan persegre, Spanish perseguir, Italian perseguire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /puʁ.sɥivʁ/ === Verb === poursuivre to pursue, to chase to pursue, to persecute, to torment to carry on, to continue what has been started to sue (reflexive) to continue (reflexive) to chase after each other ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== poursuite poursuivant poursuivi poursuivre en justice poursuivre sur une lancée ==== Related terms ==== suivre (verb) === Further reading === “poursuivre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French porsivre, poursivre, porsuir, poursuire, porsivir, from Vulgar Latin *prosequere, from Latin prosequor, prosequi, though influenced by persequor. === Verb === poursuivre (Jersey, transitive, law) to prosecute