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To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or
accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to
continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. |
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To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute
a right or a claim in a court of law. |
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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. |
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To follow after. |
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To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to
prosecute for public offenses. |
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