v. To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue.v. To seek to obtain by legal process.v. 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.verb-intransitive. To follow after.verb-intransitive. To institute and carry on a legal prosecution.