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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prosecute \Pros"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prosecuted}; p.
pr & vb n. {Prosecuting}.] [L. prosecutus p. p. of
prosequi to follow pursue. See {Pursue}.]
1. 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.
I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then,
prosecute my right ? --Shak.
2. To seek to obtain by legal process; as to prosecute a
right or a claim in a court of law.
3. (Law) 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.
To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes.
--Milton.
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