† persuen.

Forms: 1500s parcy, 1500s parsee, 1500s parsie, 1500s persue, 1600s pursue.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French *parcee.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested Middle French *parcee in sense ‘act of piercing’ or ‘hole’ (compare French percée act of piercing, hole (1750)), use as noun of feminine of past participle of Middle French percer pierce v.; subsequently assimilated to pursue v. Compare also Middle French perce opening made by piercing (a1580 in a treatise on hunting).

Hunting. Obsolete.

A track of blood left by a wounded deer or other quarry in a hunt. by persue: by following such a track of blood. Also in extended use.

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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 739/1 I stryke a dere or any other wylde beest as a huntar dothe whan he draweth parcy, je enferre. I have strykyn him, let go your blodhounde, je lay enferré,..laissez aller vostre limier.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg4^v By tract of blood, which she had freshly seene, To haue besprinckled all the grassy greene, By the great persue, which she there perceau'd, Well hoped shee the beast engor'd had beene.

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvi. 158 A fell fleet Dogge that hunts my Heart by parsee each-wheare found.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 382 As pursue in a strucken Deer, they fall from us like bloud, and make us to be hunted to death.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

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释义	† persuen. Forms: 1500s parcy, 1500s parsee, 1500s parsie, 1500s persue, 1600s pursue. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French parcee. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested Middle French parcee in sense ‘act of piercing’ or ‘hole’ (compare French percée act of piercing, hole (1750)), use as noun of feminine of past participle of Middle French percer pierce v.; subsequently assimilated to pursue v. Compare also Middle French perce opening made by piercing (a1580 in a treatise on hunting). Hunting. Obsolete. A track of blood left by a wounded deer or other quarry in a hunt. by persue: by following such a track of blood. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] > track righta1425 view?1516 persue1530 abature1575 blemish1575 foil1575 marks1575 entry1627 gate1677 file1815 stain1832 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 739/1 I stryke a dere or any other wylde beest as a huntar dothe whan he draweth parcy, je enferre. I have strykyn him, let go your blodhounde, je lay enferré,..laissez aller vostre limier. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg4^v By tract of blood, which she had freshly seene, To haue besprinckled all the grassy greene, By the great persue, which she there perceau'd, Well hoped shee the beast engor'd had beene. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvi. 158 A fell fleet Dogge that hunts my Heart by parsee each-wheare found. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 382 As pursue in a strucken Deer, they fall from us like bloud, and make us to be hunted to death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1530
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