- (v.i.) To follow after.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.
- (v.i.) To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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