How do you pronounce pursive?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪv/.

pursive

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"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."

more pursive (comparative) most pursive (superlative)

pursiveness

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