porsuir
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Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *prosequere (attested in Vulgar or early Medieval Latin as prosevere and prosequire), from Latin prosequor, prosequi; influenced by persequor, whence the Old French parsivre, parsuivre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]porsuir
- to pursue, to seek
- to pursue, to continue
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
- Et pour ce que ceste cure est difficile nul ne le doit avoir mal se nous la poursuivons tres diligement plus particulierement
- And because this treatment is difficult, none should be concerned if we pursue it very diligently and particularly
- to claim
- to possess
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of porsuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
Descendants
[edit]- English: pursue (borrowed via Anglo-Norman)
- French: poursuivre
- Norman: poursuivre
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