Category:Proceed

Pro*ceed" v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] Etym: [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 journey. If thou proceed in this thy insolence. Shak.

2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to Proceed with a story or argument.

3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; As, light proceeds from the sun. I proceeded forth and came from god. John viii. 42. It proceeds from policy, not love. Shak.

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 proceeded worthy Note to-day. Shak.

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)

Defn: to begin and carry on a legal process.

Syn. -- to advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.

Proceed Pro"ceed n.

Defn: see proceeds. [obs.] Howell.