pursive

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pursive (comparative more pursive, superlative most pursive)

  1. Obsolete form of pursy.
    a pursive horse
    • 1601, Plinius Secundus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, the Naturall Hiſtorie [] [1], 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.

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