persequor — meaning in English

English meaning

• avenge verb To get retribution for a wrong or injury done to oneself or someone else.
• continue verb To keep doing something without stopping, or to start again after a pause.
• pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.

Senses

persequor is used for these senses in English:

• avenge (transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
• avenge (transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
• continue (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
• pursue (ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]

Related Latin words