pursive

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

Adjective

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.

References

• “pursive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.