prosecute
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Latin prōsecūtus, perfect participle of prōsequor. Doublet of pursue, from Old French. Compare also persecute.
- borrowed from prōsecūtus
Definitions
To start criminal proceedings against.
- to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
- To acquit themſelves and proſecute their foes
To charge, try.
- The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]
To seek to obtain by legal process.
- to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
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To pursue something to the end.
- to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation
- I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?
- Nor do we believe that a country that prosecuted two wars in China in the 19th century to force the Chinese to accept opium imports has any moral right to lecture Asians on drugs.
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at prosecute. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at prosecute. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at prosecute
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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