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Bell punch. See under Bell. -- Belt punch (Mach.), a punch, or punch pliers, for making holes for lacings in the ends of driving belts. -- Punch press. See Punching machine, under Punch, v. i. -- Punch pliers, pliers having a tubular, sharp- edged steel punch attached to one of the jaws, for perforating leather, paper, and the like.
Punch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Punching.] [From Punch, n., a tool; cf. F. poinÁonner.] To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
Punching machine, or Punching press, a machine tool for punching holes in metal or other material; -- called also punch press.
Punch"eon (?), n. [F. poinÁon awl, bodkin, crown, king-post, fr. L. punctio a pricking, fr. pungere to prick. See Pungent, and cf. Punch a tool, Punction.]
1. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
2. (Carp.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. Oxf. Gloss.
3. A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. [U.S.] Bartlett.
4. [F. poinÁon, perh. the same as poinÁon an awl.] A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
Punch"er (?), n. One who, or that which, punches.
Pun"chin (?), n. See Puncheon.
Pun`chi*nel"lo (?), n. [It. pulcinella, probably originally a word of endearment, dim. of pulcina, pulcino, a chicken, from L. pullicenus, pullus. See Pullet.] A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. Spectator.
Punch"y (?), a. [Perhaps for paunchy, from paunch. See 3d Punch.] Short and thick, or fat.
{ Punc"ta*ted (?), Punc"ta*ted (?), } a. [From L. punctum point. See Point .] 1. Pointed; ending in a point or points.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.
Punc*ta"tor (?), n. One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite. E. Robinson.
Punc*tic"u*lar (?), a. Comprised in, or like, a point; exact. [Obs. & R.] Sir T. Browne.
Punc"ti*form (?), a. [L. punctum point + -form.] Having the form of a point.
Punc*til"io (pk*tl"y), n.; pl. Punctilios (- yz). [It. puntiglio, or Sp. puntillo, dim. fr. L. punctum point. See Point, n.] A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony.
They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices.
Fuller.
Punc*til"ious (-ys), a. [Cf. It. puntiglioso, Sp. puntilloso.] Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest
## particulars. "A punctilious observance of divine laws." Rogers. "Very
punctilious copies of any letters." The Nation.
Punctilious in the simple and intelligible instances of common life.
I. Taylor.
-- Punc*til"ious*ly, adv. -- Punc*til"ious*ness, n.
Punc"tion (?), n. [L. punctio, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick: cf. F. ponction. Cf. Puncheon.] A puncturing, or pricking; a puncture.
Punc"tist (?), n. A punctator. E. Henderson.
Punc"to (?), n. [See Punto.] 1. A nice point of form or ceremony. Bacon.
2. A term applied to the point in fencing. Farrow.
Punc"tu*al (?), a. [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp. puntual, It. puntuale), from L. punctum point. See Point.] 1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. [R.] "This punctual spot." Milton.
The theory of the punctual existence of the soul.
Krauth.
2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates.
Bp. Burnet.
So much on punctual niceties they stand.
C. Pitt.
3. Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment. "The race of the undeviating and punctual sun." Cowper.
These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual stops counting off our very souls into the past.
J. Martineau.
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Punc"tu*al*ist (?), n. One who is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies. Milton.
Punc`tu*al"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. ponctualitÈ.] The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness.
Punc"tu*al*ly (?), adv. In a punctual manner; promptly; exactly.
Punc"tu*al*ness, n. Punctuality; exactness.
Punc"tu*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punctuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Punctuating.] [Cf. F. ponctuer. See Punctual.] To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.
Punc`tu*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. ponctuation.] (Gram.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.
Punctuation, as the term is usually understood, is chiefly performed with four points: the period [.], the colon [:], the semicolon [;], and the comma [,]. Other points used in writing and printing, partly rhetorical and partly grammatical, are the note of interrogation [?], the note of exclamation [!], the parentheses [()], the dash [--], and brackets []. It was not until the 16th century that an approach was made to the present system of punctuation by the Manutii of Venice. With Caxton, oblique strokes took the place of commas and periods.
Punc"tu*a*tive (?), a. Of or belonging to points of division; relating to punctuation.
The punctuative intonation of feeble cadence.
Rush.
Punc"tu*a`tor (?), n. One who punctuates, as in writing; specifically, a punctator.
Punc"tu*ist, n. A punctator.
{ Punc"tu*late (?), Punc"tu*la`ted (?), } a. [L. punctulum, dim. of punctum point.] Marked with small spots.
The studs have their surface punctulated, as if set all over with other studs infinitely lesser.
Woodward.
||Punc"tum (?), n. [L., a point.] A point.
||Punctum cÊcum. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as Blind spot, under ||Blind. -- ||Punctum proximum, near point. See under Point. -- ||||Punctum remotum, far point. See under Point. -- ||Punctum ||vegetationis [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a ||stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates.
Punc`tu*ra"tion (?), n. The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.
Punc"ture (?), n. [L. punctura, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See Pungent.] 1. The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.
2. A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.
A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.
Rambler.
Punc"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punctured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puncturing.] To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.
Punc"tured (?), a. 1. Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
2. (Med.) Produced by puncture; having the characteristics of a puncture; as, a punctured wound.
Pun"dit (?), n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.] A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written also pandit.] [India]
Pun"dle (?), n. [Cf. Bundle.] A short and fat woman; a squab. [Obs.]
Pu"nese (?), n. [F. punaise, fr. punais stinking, fr. L. putere.] (Zoˆl.) A bedbug. [R or Obs.]
Pung (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners. [U.S.]
Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmounted with a large crockery crate.
Judd.
They did not take out the pungs to- day.
E. E. Hale.
Pun"gence (?), n. [See Pungent.] Pungency.
Pun"gen*cy (?), n. The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. "The pungency of menaces." Hammond.
Pun"gent (?), a. [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. Compunction, Expunge, Poignant, Point, n., Puncheon, Punctilio, Punt, v. t.] 1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
Pungent radish biting infant's tongue.
Shenstone.
The pungent grains of titillating dust.
Pope.
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
With pungent pains on every side.
Swift.
His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation.
J. R. Green.
3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
Syn. -- Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.
Pun"gent*ly, adv. In a pungent manner; sharply.
Pun"gled (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).
Pung"y (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails.
Pu"nic (?), a. [L. Punicus pertaining to Carthage, or its inhabitants, fr. Poeni the Carthaginians.]
1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.
2. Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.
Yes, yes, his faith attesting nations own; 'T is Punic all, and to a proverb known.
H. Brooke.
Pu"nice (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Punese. [Obs. or R.]
Pu"nice, v. t. To punish. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Pu*ni"ceous (?), Pu*ni"cial (?), } a. [L. puniceus, fr. Punicus Punic.] Of a bright red or purple color. [R.]
Pu"ni*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.
Pun"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Punishing.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See Pain, and -ish.] 1. To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
A greater power Now ruled him, punished in the shape he sinned.
Milton.
2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
3. To injure, as by beating; to pommel. [Low]
Syn. -- To chastise; castigate; scourge; whip; lash; correct; discipline. See Chasten.
Pun"ish*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. punissable.] Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor.
Milton.
-- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness, n.
Pun"ish*er (?), n. One who inflicts punishment.
Pun"ish*ment (?), n. 1. The act of punishing.
2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense.
I never gave them condign punishment.
Shak.
The rewards and punishments of another life.
Locke.
3. (Law) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.
Pu*ni"tion (?), n. [L. punitio: cf. F. punition. See Punish.] Punishment. [R.] Mir. for Mag.
Pu"ni*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence.
I. Taylor.
We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand.
Bagehot.
Pu"ni*to*ry (?), a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory.
A. Tucker.
Punk (?), n. [Cf. Spunk.] 1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.
2. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.
3. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
4. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] Shak.
||Pun"ka (?), n. [Hind. pankh fan.] A machine for fanning a room, ||usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended ||from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] ||[Written also punkah.] Malcom.
Pun"kin (?), n. A pumpkin. [Colloq. U. S.]
Punk"ling (?), n. A young strumpet. [Obs.]
Pun"ner (?), n. A punster. Beau. & Fl.
Pun"net (?), n. [Cf. Ir. buinne a shoot, branch.] A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers.
Pun*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Pun + - logy.] The art or practice of punning; paronomasia. [R.] Pope.
Pun"ster (?), n. One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.
Punt (?), v. i. [F. ponter, or It. puntare, fr. L. punctum point. See Point.] To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
She heard . . . of his punting at gaming tables.
Thackeray.
Punt, n. Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
Punt, n. [AS., fr. L. ponto punt, pontoon. See Pontoon.] (Naut.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
Punt, v. t. 1. To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion. Livingstone.
2. (Football) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
Punt, n. (Football) The act of punting the ball.
Punt"er (?), n.[Cf. F. ponte. See Punt, v. t.] One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. Hoyle.
Punt"er, n. One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt.
{ Pun"til (?), Pun"tel (?) }, n. (Glass Making) See Pontee.
Pun"to (?), n. [It. punto, L. punctum point. See Point.] (Fencing) A point or hit.
||Punto diritto [It.], a direct stroke or hit. -- ||Punto reverso [It. ||riverso reverse], a backhanded stroke. Halliwell. "Ah, the immortal ||passado! the punto reverso!" Shak.
Pun"ty (?), n. (Glass Making) See Pontee.
Pu"ny (?), a. [Compar. Punier (?); superl. Puniest.] [F. puÓtÈ younger, later born, OF. puisnÈ; puis afterwards (L. post; see Post-) + nÈ born, L. natus. See Natal, and cf. Puisne.] Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.
Shak.
Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.
Keble.
Pu"ny (?), n. A youth; a novice. [R.] Fuller.
Puoy (?), n. Same as Poy, n., 3.
Pup (?), n. [See Puppy.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A young dog; a puppy. (b) a young seal.
Pup, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pupped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pupping.] To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.
Pu"pa (?), n.; pl. L. Pup&?; (#), E. Pupas (#). [L. pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of pupus. Cf. Puppet.] 1. (Zoˆl.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
Among insects belonging to the higher orders, as the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, the pupa is inactive and takes no food; in the lower orders it is active and takes food, and differs little from the imago except in the rudimentary state of the sexual organs, and of the wings in those that have wings when adult. The term pupa is sometimes applied to other invertebrates in analogous stages of development.
2. (Zoˆl.) A genus of air- breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Coarctate, or Obtected, pupa, a pupa which is incased in the dried-up skin of the larva, as in many Diptera. -- Masked pupa, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera.
Pu"pal (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.
Pu"pate (?), v. i. (Zoˆl.) To become a pupa.
Pu*pa"tion (?), n. (Zoˆl.) the act of becoming a pupa.
Pupe (?), n. [F.] (Zoˆl.) A pupa.
Pu*pe"lo (?), n. Cider brandy. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
Pu*pig"er*ous, a. [Pupa + - gerous.] (Zoˆl.) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvÊ which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.
Pu"pil (?), n. [F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil a scholar.] (Anat.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.
Pin-hole pupil (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. Dunglison.
Pu"pil, n. [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil of the eye.] 1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.
Too far in years to be a pupil now.
Shak.
Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.
L'Estrange.
2. A person under a guardian; a ward. Dryden.
3. (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
Syn. -- Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See Scholar.
Pu"pil*age (?), n. The state of being a pupil.
As sons of kings, loving in pupilage, Have turned to tyrants when they came to power.
Tennyson.
Pu`pil*lar"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. pupillaritÈ. See Pupillary.] (Scots Law) The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.
Pu"pil*la*ry (?), a. [L. pupillaris: cf. F. pupillaire. See Pupil.] 1. Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward. Johnson.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
Pu`pil*lom"e*ter (?), n. [L. pupilla pupil of the eye + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupil of the eye.
||Pu*pip"a*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pupiparous.] (Zoˆl.) A division of ||Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It ||includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also ||Homaloptera.
Pu*pip"a*rous (?), a. [Pupa + L. parere to bring forth.] (Zoˆl.) (a) Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvÊ, or larval skins, of certain Diptera. (b) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.
||Pu*piv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pupivorous.] (Zoˆl.) A group of ||parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy ||the larvÊ and pupÊ of insects.
Pu*piv"o*rous (?), a. [Pupa + L. vorare to devour.] (Zoˆl.) Feeding on the pupÊ of insects.
Pup"li*can (?), n. Publican. [Obs.]
Pup"pet (?), n. [OE. popet, OF. poupette; akin to F. poupÈe a doll, probably from L. puppa, pupa, a girl, doll, puppet. Cf. Poupeton, Pupa, Pupil, Puppy.] [Written also poppet.] 1. A small image in the human form; a doll.
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2. A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance.
Pope.
3. One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt. Sir W. Scott.
4. (Mach.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Puppet master. Same as Puppetman. -- Puppet play, a puppet show. -- Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets. -- Puppet show, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires. -- Puppet valve, a valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it, -- used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts. of Plunger pump, and Safety valve, under Plunger, and Safety.
Pup"pet*ish (?), a. Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.
Pup"pet*man (?), n. A master of a puppet show.
Pup"pet*ry (?), n. Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
Puppetry of the English laws of divorce.
Chambers.
Pup"py (?), n.; pl. Puppies (#). [F. poupÈe doll, puppet. See Puppet, and cf. Pup, n.] 1. (Zoˆl.) The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.
2. A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.
I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.
Addison.
Pup"py, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puppied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Puppying.] To bring forth whelps; to pup.
Pup"py*hood (?), n. The time or state of being a puppy; the time of being young and undisciplined.
Pup"py*ish, a. Like a puppy.
Pup"py*ism (?), n. Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence. A. Chalmers.
Pur (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Purred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Purring.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.] To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased. [Written also purr.]
Pur, v. t. To signify or express by purring. Gray.
Pur, n. The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure. [Written also purr.]
||Pu*ra"na (?), n. [Skr. pur&?;, properly. old, ancient, fr. pur ||formerly.] One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the ||Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and ||renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and ||heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their ||descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there ||are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
Pu*ran"ic (?), a. Pertaining to the Puranas.
Pur"beck beds` (?). [So called from the Isle of Purbeck in England.] (Geol.) The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oˆlitic group. See the Chart of Geology.
Pur"beck stone` (?). (Geol.) A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.
Pur"blind` (?), a. [For pure- blind, i. e., wholly blind. See Pure, and cf. Poreblind.] 1. Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight." Shak.
2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole.
The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind.
Latimer.
O purblind race of miserable men.
Tennyson.
-- Pur"blind`ly, adv. -- Pur"blind`ness, n.
Purce"lane (?), n. (Bot.) Purslane. [Obs.]
Pur"chas*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.
Money being the counterbalance to all things purchasable by it, as much as you take off from the value of money, so much you add to the price of things exchanged.
Locke.
Pur"chase (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purchased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Purchasing.] [OE. purchasen, porchacen, OF. porchacier, purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, por, pur, for (L. pro) + chacier to pursue, to chase. See Chase.] 1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. Chaucer.
That loves the thing he can not purchase.
Spenser.
Your accent is Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling.
Shak.
His faults . . . hereditary Rather than purchased.
Shak.
2. To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth.
Gen. xxv. 10.
3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
One poor retiring minute . . . Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends.
Shak.
A world who would not purchase with a bruise?
Milton.
4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit. [Obs.]