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, Philemon Holland, transl., The Hiſtorie of the World. Commonly Called, the Naturall Hiſtorie […] ‎, 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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