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Prosecute vs Presecute - What's the difference?

prosecute | presecute |

Presecute is often a misspelling of prosecute.


Presecute has no English definition.

As a verb prosecute

is to start criminal proceedings against.

prosecute

English

Verb

(prosecut)
  • (legal) To start criminal proceedings against.
  • to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
  • * Milton
  • To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes.
  • (legal) To charge, try.
  • To seek to obtain by legal process.
  • to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
  • To pursue something to the end.
  • to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim
  • * Shakespeare
  • I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?

    Derived terms

    * prosecutable

    presecute

    Not English

    Presecute has no English definition. It may be misspelled.