Noun

A particular method for performing a task.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

(label) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

* (Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)

Gracious procedures .

(label) That which results; issue; product.

(Bacon)

(label) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

(label) A surgical operation.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of pursuing.

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* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 27, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport

, title= Bayern Munich 2-0 Man City , passage=Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.}}

A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.

(cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.

(legal, obsolete) prosecution

* Fuller

That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.