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Webster 1913 Edition
Proceed
Pro-ceed′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Proceeded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Proceeding
.] [F.
procéder
. fr. L. procedere
, processum
, to go before, to proceed; pro
forward + cedere
to move. See Cede
.] 1.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun;
as, to
. proceed
on a journeyIf thou
proceed
in this thy insolence. Shakespeare
2.
To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another;
as, to
. proceed
with a story or argument3.
To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from;
as, light
. proceeds
from the sunI
proceeded
forth and came from God. John viii. 42.
It
proceeds
from policy, not love. Shakespeare
4.
To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
He that
proceeds
upon other principles in his inquiry. Locke.
5.
To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
[Obs.]
He will, after his sour fashion, tell you
What hath
What hath
proceeded
worthy note to-day. Shakespeare
6.
To have application or effect; to operate.
This rule only
proceeds
and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence. Ayliffe.
7.
(Law)
To begin and carry on a legal process.
Syn. – To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.