pursive

Obsolete form of pursy.

Adjective

  1. Obsolete form of pursy.
    • a pursive horse
    • […]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. - 1601,...

Forms

more pursive most pursive

Derived

pursiveness