To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
To act as a legal prosecutor.