pursive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Adjective
pursive (comparative more pursive, superlative most pursive)
- Obsolete form of pursy.
- a pursive horse
- 1601, Plinius Secundus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, the Naturall Hiſtorie […] , London: Impenſis G. B, Book L, Chapter XIII, page 58:
- […] whether it bee that they bee broken winded and purſiue, or otherwiſe bitten and ſtung with venomous beaſts; in which caſes, there muſt be an injection made vp into the noſthrils, of the juice of Rue in wine.
References
- “pursive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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