Translation
to persecute; to pursue, to chase
Word origin
From Latin persequi, per- ('through, all the way') plus sequi ('to follow'). Following someone all the way is exactly the two meanings the word still has: chasing them, and hounding them.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- persequi
- English cognates
- persecute, pursue, sequence
Examples
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The government persecuted the Christians.
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The dog chased the cat through the garden.
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One must not persecute a person for their religion.
The seam here is real but Latin, not Esperanto: per- and -sekut- were separate in Latin and are welded shut by the time Esperanto gets them, so do not read the preposition per at the front. Both senses live in the one verb, and context sorts them: a dog a cat as a chase, a state a minority as an injustice. covers hunting proper.
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