Pursue

Definition: Pursue

Pursue

Verb

1. Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion".

2. Follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life".

3. Go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby".

4. Carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pursue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Pursue \Pur*sue"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Pursued; Pursuing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Pursue

Action

Employ oneself, ply one's task; officiate, have in hand; (business); labor; be at work; pursue a course; shape one's course; (conduct).

Approach

Verb: approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.

Business

Drive a trade; carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business; Noun: keep a shop; ply one's task, ply one's trade; labor in one's vocation; pursue the even tenor of one's way; attend to business, attend to one's work.

Continuance in action

Verb: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.

Keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way.

Inquiry

Seek a clue, seek a clew; hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace; follow the trail, follow the scent; pursue; beat up one's quarters; fish for; feel for; (experiment).

Investigate; take up an inquiry, institute an inquiry, pursue an inquiry, follow up an inquiry, conduct an inquiry, carry on an inquiry, carry out an inquiry, prosecute an inquiry; Noun: look at, look into; preexamine; discuss, canvass, agitate.

Intention

Project; (plan); have a mind to; (be willing); desire; pursue.

Modesty

Keep private, keep in the background, keep one's distance; pursue the noiseless tenor of one's way, " do good by stealth and blush to find it fame ", hide one's light under a bushel, cast a sheep's eye.

Pursuit

Verb: pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on; (do); engage in; (undertake); set about; (begin); endeavor; court; (request) seek; (search); aim at; (intention); follow the trail; (trace); fish for; (experiment); press on; (haste); run a race; (velocity).

Sequence

Verb: follow; pursue; go after, fly after.

Unskillfulness

Cut blocks with a razor; hold a farthing candle to the sun; (useless); fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail.

Crosswords: Pursue

Join us and live in peace or pursue your present course and face obliteration. (The Day the Earth Stood Still; writing credit: Harry Bates; Edmund H. North)

You've always told the kids to pursue their dreams. (One World; writing credit: Carl-Christian Demke)

If one fully understands the present moment, there is nothing left to do, and nothing else to pursue. (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai; writing credit: Jim Jarmusch)

Well Bob, at summer's end I plan on moving to New York where I'll pursue a career as a serious actress. (I Know What You Did Last Summer; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

Dopey may leave the Seven Dwarfs to pursue more dramatic roles. (House of Mouse; writing credit: Tracy Berna; Kevin Campbell)

How many people we inspired to pursue this (Feels Good; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Passion: There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• 101 Ways to Pursue Your Dreams (reference)

• 7 Principles for Creating Your Future: Pursue Your Dreams, Follow Your Passions, Live Your Values (reference)

• Almost Ready for Prime Time: Carriers Pursue Unified Communications [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Beyond Toyota: How to Root Out Waste and Pursue Perfection [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Going to Law School?: Everything You Need to Know to Choose and Pursue a Degree in Law (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Pursue (reference)

• Pursue Your Dreams (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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If the U.S. monopoly capitalist block continues to pursue its policy of aggression and war, there will come a day when it will be strangled by the people of the world. The other accomplices of the U.S. will meet the same fate. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And even amongst us, the hare that any one is hunting, is thought his who pursues her during the chase: for being a beast that is still looked upon as common, and no man's private possession; whoever has employed so much labour about any of that kind, as to find and pursue her, has thereby removed her from the state of nature, wherein she was common, and hath begun a property. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Seeing clearly that it would be useless to pursue their point, the gentlemen withdrew.

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Health

At the same time, States will have greater opportunities to pursue innovative programs. (references)

Meanwhile, scientists pursue medical research that could someday yield an effective treatment. (references)

Other days normal levels of energy will return, and you should encourage your child to get regular rest and pursue normal activities. (references)

Business

A second affiliate company was also created to pursue work in Romania. (references)

Most self-financed students pursue undergraduate degrees in English-speaking countries. (references)

STC is expected to use the multi-contracts scheme as a strategy to pursue prospective strategic partners. (references)

Children

Pakistan

Those fortunate enough to pursue higher education often face inordinate delays in receiving the results of final exams. (references)

Civil Liberties

Chad

At the end of 2000, Togoimi's family limited their movements in response to government surveillance; they did not pursue their request for passports, despite the Ministry of Interior's statements indicating that the Government was disposed to reconsider favorably the Togoimi family's earlier request. (references)

Ghana

Academics are allowed to publish and pursue research. (references)

Economic History

Panama

When disputes with foreign investors arise, as they do from time to time, the investors often choose not to pursue remedies available to them via the court system. (references)

Liberia

There have been no convictions of corrupt officials, and little is done to pursue complaints made by investors. (references)

Mauritius

Recent legislation allows private companies to pursue infrastructure projects on a build-operate-and-transfer basis, thus opening the possibility of direct private investment in energy and other public services. (references)

Human Rights

Honduras

Martinez Lagos was a member of a guerrilla group in the 1980's. The Public Ministry was unable to pursue the case further due to lack of evidence. (references)

Nicaragua

The police began to pursue them and upon interception fired shots at the two without provocation. (references)

Belize

Barrow's family continued to pursue a civil suit that they filed against the officers alleged to be involved in the death. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

A March conference debated whether to pursue independence or special autonomy, resulting in numerous meetings with local communities to explain autonomy and solicit input. (references)

Guyana

The Committee especially was concerned that the right of Amerindians to enjoy their own culture was threatened by logging, mining, and delays in the demarcation of their traditional lands, and that in some cases insufficient land is demarcated to enable them to pursue their traditional economic activities. (references)

Sri Lanka

Although many Veddas continue to pursue a traditional way of life, visits by tourists have become an important source of income for the community. (references)

Minorities

Cameroon

They have formed several quasi-political organizations to pursue that goal. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

University education continued to be carried out largely in Russian (although Kyrgyz instruction was available in some departments in some universities where textbooks were available), so that Russian-language capability remained an important skill for those who wished to pursue higher learning. (references)

Political Economy

JORDAN

While Jordan's procurement law does not allow non-competitive bidding, it does permit a government agency to pursue a selective tendering process. (references)

Political Rights

Togo

After the 1999 legislative elections, the Government announced that it would continue to pursue dialog with the opposition. (references)

Trade

India

TDA assists in the creation of jobs for Americans by helping U.S. companies pursue overseas business opportunities. (references)

Armenia

TDA helps U.S. companies pursue overseas business opportunities through: funding of feasibility studies, orientation visits, specialized training grants, business workshops and various forms of technical assistance. (references)

Travel

Nigeria

U.S. citizens should not be lured to Nigeria to pursue such offers. (references)

Women

Pakistan

Police sometimes accept bribes from the accused rapist to get the victim to drop a case; however, in other cases, police will request bribes from the victim to pursue the case against the accused rapist. (references)

Qatar

Increasingly women receive government scholarships to pursue degrees at foreign universities. (references)

Worker Rights

Kenya

The COTU leadership generally does not pursue workers' rights vigorously; however, most affiliates chose to remain rather than give up its even minimal support. (references)

Tajikistan

Victims usually do not pursue legal recourse against traffickers due to the social stigma attached to the problem. (references)

Pakistan

The ILO works with the Government, employers, workers, and NGO's to pursue the Government's policy and plan of action for child labor. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "pursue": pursue a career ♦ pursue a course ♦ pursue the enemy ♦ pursue the even tenor of one's way ♦ pursue the noiseless tenor of one's way ♦ pursue the offensive ♦ pursue the war ♦ pursue with hue. Additional references.

Ending with "pursue": I-pursue.

Afrikaans

ten doel hê (chase, hunt, hunt after, hunt for), agtervolg (chase, persecute, prosecute). (various references)

Albanian

vazhdoj (carry on, carry over, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, hold on, hold over, keep, keep on, maintain, pick up, press on, proceed, prosecute, push on, run, spread), ushtroj (discipline, drill, ply, practise, profess, train), qepem (cling, follow up, importune, stick, Wed), ndjek (attend, chase, follow, give chase, Hunt, lead, nose, persecute, prosecute, rattle, shadow, smell out, spoor, string along, tag, tail, take after, touch, trace, track, track down, trail, tread), gjurmoj (spy upon, track, trail), bezdis (bore, displease, get, grate, Harrow, hassle, importune, inconvenience, nag, peeve, persecute, pester, press, ruffle, tease, trouble, vex). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مارس (carry out, engage in, execute, exercise, fulfil, fulfill, march, operate, perform, practice, set one's hand to), ‏نفذ (act, activate, be executed, carry into effect, carry out, come true, commit, computerize, do, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, fill, fulfil, fulfill, honor, honour, implement, invoke, penetrate, percolate, perform, permeate, petering, pierce, practise, proceed, put into effect, realize, transfix, traverse), ‏ناضل (agonize, buffet, combat, contend, contest, fight, heave, militate, ply, push, strive, struggle, tug, worry, wrestle), ‏لاحق (chase, follow, follow in his footsteps, follow up, following, give chase, go after, hunt, later, posterior, prosecute, run after, run at smb., stalk, subsequent, tag, track), ‏واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, hold on, keep, persist, press, proceed, push, push along, push on, roll on, stay, stick to smth., sustain), ‏تعقب (carry, chase, dog, follow, hound, keep track of, set back, tail), ‏تابع (adherent, attached, citizen, dependent, disciple, follow, follow up, follower, following, forward, function, get on, go ahead, keep an eye on, page, post, press, put up with, redirect, satellite, send on, sub, subject, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, under one's thumb, underlying, urge, vassal), ‏سلك (bear, behave, cable, comport, conduct oneself, corps, deport, deport oneself, get along, service), ‏سعى (aim, endeavor, endeavour, strive), ‏طارد (bouncer, chase, course, dog, evictor, expeller, fly, give chase, go after, hound, hunt, prosecute, repellent, run, run down, want), ‏رافق (accompany, bring, bully, carry, chaperon, companion, company, escort, follow, join, see, see off, string, string along with, take, take along, take out), ‏بحث (brochure, cast about, consideration, discuss, discussion, disquisition, drilling for, examine, exploration, explore, fumble, hunt for, inquest, inquire, inquisition, investigate, investigation, look, look for, looking for, poke about, probe, prospection, pry, quest, research, retrieve, rummage, scrounge, scrutinize, search, see, see into, seek, seeking, sought, spy, study, talk over, think through, treatise, try, ventilate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

упражнявам (drill, exercise, exert, pace, ply, practice, practise, profess, rehearse, train), следвам (act on, follow, imitate, read, read for, study, take), гоня (badger, chivy, drive, follow, keep away, persecute, prey upon, prosecute, push, run, run after, shag, victimize), водя (carry on, conduct, deliver, go, guide, keep, lead, manage, pilot, prevent, prosecute, take, usher in, wage), занимавам се (busy, concern, employ oneself, exercise, work), прокарвам (carry, cut, drive, get through, lace, open, push through, put through, run, sweep), провеждам (carry through, conduct, instrument, put through, run off, transact, wage), продължавам да говоря (talk away), преследвам (bait, chase, chivy, drive, drive at, haunt, hunt down, lay siege to, martyr, obsess, persecute, prosecute, push, run, siege, tag), прилагам (adjoin, administer, apply, attach, bestow, carry out, enclose, enforce, execute, join, practice, practise, put through, subjoin), измъчвам непрекъснато, изпълнявам (accomplish, accord, act up to, carry into effect, carry out, complete, effectuate, execute, exercise, fill, fulfil, fulfill, handle, implement, make up, perform, play, practise, put into effect, put through, redeem, satisfy, verify). (various references)

Chinese 

追求 (seek). (various references)

Czech

pronásledovat (chase, give chase, go after, haunt, hound, persecute, run, vex, victimize), pìstovat (breed, cultivate, grow, prosecute, rear, till, train), usilovat (endeavor, endeavour, press, strive, struggle), stíhat (Hunt), sledovat (follow, follow up, observe, retrace, shadow, tail, teleview, trace, track, trail, watch), hnát se (belt, career, hurtle, plunge, push on, race, rush, shift, shoot, spurt, tear along, urge). (various references)

Danish

forfølge (chase, persecute, prosecute). (various references)

Dutch

nastreven (aspire, aspire to, chase, hope for, hunt after, hunt for), najagen (aspire, aspire to, chase, hope for, hunt after, hunt for, persecute, prosecute). (various references)

Esperanto

persekuti (chase, persecute, prosecute), alceli (chase, hunt after, hunt for). (various references)

Faeroese

jagstra (chase, hunt, persecute, prosecute). (various references)

Farsi 

پیگیری کردن , پیگردکردن , تحت تعقیب قانونی قراردادن , تعقیب کردن (Chase-Chace, Follow, Suit, Tail), تعاقب کردن , اتخاذکردن (Adopt), دنبال کردن (Chase-Chace, Continue, Dog, Follow, Trace, Track). (various references)

Finnish

harjoittaa (carry on, commit, do, drill, exercise, practise, rehearse, train), ajaa takaa (chase). (various references)

French

poursuivre (push). (various references)

Frisian

eftersitte (chase, persecute, prosecute), efterneisitte (chase, persecute, prosecute). (various references)

German

verfolgen (chase, follow, follow through, follow up, haunt, Hunt, keep, mind, observe, obsess, persecute, prosecute, to follow, to follow up, to obsess, to pursue, to trace, to track, track, tracking, trail). (various references)

Greek 

επιδιώκω (aim at, aspire to, be after, go after 1, go after 2, woo). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תמי�" (abide, persist, slog), לר�"וף (be after someone, chase, dog, give chase, go after, haunt, hound, hunt down, persecute). (various references)

Hungarian

törekszik (aspire, make a break for it, to endeavor, to make an effort, to stand for, to try after, to try for), követ (emissary, envoy, follow, legate, mercury, minister, to attend, to follow, to follow suit, to pursue, to track, track), folytat (carry on, continue, go on, to carry on, to exercise, to follow, to inquire, to keep going, to ply, to propagandize, to prosecute, to restart, to resume), üldözés (chase, dogging, following, follow-up, hue and cry, hunt, persecution, pogrom, prosecution, pursuance, pursuit, shag), üldöz (bait, chase, give pursuit, gun for, persecute, prosecute, to bay, to course, to dog, to gun for, to persecute, to shag, to tag), ûz (chase, drive, drive on, impel, shoo). (various references)

Icelandic

elta (chase, hunt after, hunt for). (various references)

Indonesian

mengejar (give chase to, mob, overtake), memburui (hunt), memburu (chase after, hunt). (various references)

Italian

perseguitare (bait, chase, haunt, hound, make after, persecute, prosecute, victimise, victimize), perseguire (chase, follow, persecute, prosecute). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

辿る (to follow, to follow up, to pursue), 追っ掛ける (to chase or run after someone, to pursue, to run down), 追い掛ける (to chase or run after someone, to pursue, to run down), 追い求める (to pursue), 討っ手 (pursue and attack), 求める (to buy, to demand, to hunt, to pursue, to request, to search for, to seek, to want, to wish for), 幻�'追う (to pursue phantoms), 学�'修める (to pursue knowledge). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たどる (to follow, to follow up, to pursue), おっかける (to chase or run after someone, to pursue, to run down), おいかける (to chase or run after someone, to pursue, to run down), おいもとめる (to pursue), がく�'おさめる (to pursue knowledge), まぼろし�'おう (to pursue phantoms), うって (pursue and attack), もとめる (to buy, to demand, to hunt, to pursue, to request, to search for, to seek, to want, to wish for). (various references)

Korean 

�"구하십시�". (various references)

Manx

lorgey (pursuit, spoor, trace, tracing, track, trailing), lhiantyn rish (cleave, cling, cling of garment, persevere, stick to). (various references)

Papiamen

persiguí (chase, persecute, prosecute). (various references)

Pig Latin

ursuepay

Polish

prześladować. (various references)

Portuguese

perseguir (chase, course, follow, get after, hunt down, lay hold, obsess, persecute, prosecute, run, stalk). (various references)

Romanian

urmãri (aim, chase, dog, drive, follow, follow out, give chase, go after, go for, haunt, hound, Hunt, intend, look at, make after, Mark, obsess, run, run after, seek after, strive after, trace, track, watch), se îndeletnici (employ), continua (bide, carry on, carry through, continue, follow, go on, hold, keep, keep it up, keep on, keep up, last, persist, play off, proceed, prosecute, resume), cerceta (analyse, analyze, anatomize, ask, canvass, case, consider, consult, cross-question, delve, dip into, examine, excogiate, explore, inspect, introspect, investigate, look at, look into, look over, look through, overlook, peer, question, reconnoitre, research, screen, scrutinize, search, search into, seek, sift, sound, study, survey, test, try, visit), cãuta sã realizeze. (various references)

Russian 

следовать (abide by, befit, behoove, ensue, follow, follow upon, ought, result, run, supervene), гнаться (chase, chivy, give chase), вести следствие, заниматься (attend, be engaged in, busy, concern ~ with, engage, engage in, engage in the, follow, go in for, ply, practise, stick with, study), преследовать (be on the track of, chase, course, ghost, give chase, go after, obsess, persecute, victimize), предъявлять иск (bring suit), действовать (act, be in operation, do, follow with, functionate, get going, kabobalating, operate, proceed, remain in force, run, take, work). (various references)

Scottish

ruag (put to flight), lorgaich (search, track). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vršiti (administer, do, exert, perform, practice, practise), tražiti (ask for, demand, grope, hunt, inquire into, look for, request, require, search, search for, seek, solicit, sue, track), goniti (bay, chase, chevy, follow, hunt, hunt for, impel, prosecute). (various references)

Spanish

perseguir (chase, chivvy, dog, dragoon, follow, follow up, get after, go after, gun for, harass, haunt, hound, Hunt, hunt down, importune, lock on, obsess, persecute, prosecute, set after, trace, tracking). (various references)

Swedish

förfölja (chase, haunt, in pursuit of, persecute, persecution, prosecute), utöva (exercise, exert, follow, keep one's hand in, practise, wield). (various references)

Turkish

peşine düşmek (chase, go in search of, hunt down), peşinde olmak (aspire, chase, go after, seek after, seek for), peşinde koşmak (fish for, ghost, search after, seek), yürütmek (collar, filch, go through with, hold down, lift, make away with, Nick, pilfer, prig, prosecute, purloin, push, scrounge, snaffle, sneak, wage, walk, walk away with, walk off with), takip etmek (chase, come after, dog, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, hound, keep tabs on, prosecute, sleuth, track), sürdürmek (carry on, continue, elongate, follow, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prolong, prosecute, remain, support, sustain, uphold, wage), kovalamak (chase, drive, follow up, give chase, Hunt, run after, run out, tag, tag after, tag along), izlemek (chase, come on, dog, eye, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, go by, hound, keep tabs on, monitor, monitorize, observe, shadow, supervene, tail, trace, track, trail, watch), devam etmek (attend, carry forward, carry over, continue, draw, endure, follow on, get along, go ahead, go ahead with smth., go along, go on, hang over, hold, keep at, keep going, keep on, keep up, last, pass on, persist, proceed, progress, prosecute, push, run on, stand, stand to). (various references)

Ukrainian

гнатися (chase, chivvy, chivy, enchase), займатися (carry on, deal in, do, employ, engage in, go in for, kindle, ply, profess, prosecute), продовжувати (carry, carry on, continue, elongate, go ahead, go along, go on, keep on, proceed, produce, prolong, prolongate, prosecute, protract, resume), порушувати (break, bring up, contravene, dislocate, disobey, exceed, infringe, interrupt, sin, subvert, transgress), переслідувати (bay, chase, drive, follow, ghost, hound, persecute, tag), дотримуватися (adhere, follow, hold to, keep), домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, exact, get, go after, hunt for, obtain, solicit, woo). (various references)

Welsh

ymlid (chase), erlyn (prosecute), dilyn (attend, follow, imitate), canlyn (follow). (various references)

agitabit, agitabitur, agitati, consecuta, consecutam, consecuti, consecutus, consequamur, consequantur, consequaris, consequebantur, consequens, consequenti, consequeretur, consequeris, consequi, consequitur, evolutae, evolutis, evoluto, evolutus, evolvam, evolvit, exsecuti, exsecutores, exsequeretur, exsequimur, fugo, insecuti, insecutus, insequebantur, insequentur, insequitur, insequor, insistebant, insistentes, insistere, insta, instabant, instabat, instabunt, instante, instantem, instantes, instantia, instantibus, instantis, instare, instarent, instat, instate, instet, institerit, pergo, persecuti, persecutique, persecutus, persecutusque, persequamur, persequantur, persequar, persequatur, persequebantur, persequebar, persequebatur, persequemini, persequendos, persequendum, persequens, persequente, persequentem, persequentes, persequentesque, persequentibus, persequentis, persequentium, persequentur, persequere, persequerentur, persequeretur, persequeris, persequetur, persequi, persequimini, persequitur, persequor, persequor persequi persecutus, persequuntur, premas, premens, premerent, premit, premunt, pressi, pressit, pressura, pressurae, pressuram, prosecuti, prosecutus, prosequatur, prosequerer, prosequi, prosequor (prosecutus), sectabatur, sectamini, sectanda, sectandam, sectans, sectantur, sectare, sectari, sectati, sectatio, sectatur, sectemur, subsecuta, subsecutae, subsequens, subsequetur, subsequitur. (various references)

ehtan. (various references)

trasser. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "pursue": pursued, pursuer, pursuers, pursues. (additional references)

Words ending with "pursue": repursue. (additional references)

Words containing "pursue": repursued, repursues. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Pursue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parsue, paruse, Persae, perseu, persu, persue, persute, pesue, Phurbu, piruse, Polsue, presue, Prsu, puerisque, puesue, puisque, purdue, pursaude, pursay, pursee, pursine, purssue, Pursu, pursual, pursuay, pursude, pursuen, pursui, pursume, pursute, Purus, puruse, purvue, pusie, pussue, pusue, puusue, Qurusu. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: purse, sprue, super, usurp.

-2 letters: pure, purs, reps, rues, ruse, spue, spur, suer, supe, sure, urus, user.

-3 letters: ers, per, pes, pur, pus, rep, res, rue, ser, sue, sup, ups, use.

-4 letters: er, es, pe, re, up, us.

+1 letter: euripus, pursued, pursuer, pursues, uprouse, upsurge, usurped, usurper.

+2 letters: cupreous, cutpurse, guipures, prunuses, purlieus, purpures, pursuers, repursue, rumpuses, ruptures, upcurves, uproused, uprouses, uprushed, uprushes, upsurged, upsurges, usurpers.

+3 letters: cutpurses, europiums, penurious, punctures, pursuance, repursued, repursues, sculpture, sepulture, sulphured, superclub, supercute, superfund, superglue, superstud, suppurate, surpluses, unpuckers, uppercuts.

+4 letters: buttercups, crepuscule, drupaceous, operculums, perjurious, plunderous, pronucleus, prurituses, purposeful, pursuances, purulences, quadrupeds, quadruples, repursuing, sculptured, sculptures, sepultures, sourpusses, sulphurise, superclubs, superfluid, superfunds, superglues, supergroup, superhuman, superjumbo, superlunar, superscout, superstuds, suppurated, suppurates, surplusage, turpitudes, uncouplers, uncrumples.