About The Word Proceed
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Proceed
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What's The Definition Of Proceed?
[v] follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
[v] continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" [v] move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" [v] follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" [v] continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" Synonyms | Synonyms for Proceed: carry on | continue | continue | continue | go | go | go along | go forward | go on | go on | keep | move Related Terms | Find terms related to Proceed: See Also | act | act | come | come about | do | drag | drag on | drag out | embark | fare | get along | go | go on | hap | happen | head | hold | jog | keep going | limp | locomote | make out | move | move | occur | pass | pass off | ramble | ramble on | ride | roar | run on | segue | speak | steamroll | steamroller | take place | talk | trace | travel | venture | wander | work Proceed In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*ceed"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Proceeded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Proceeding}.] [F. proc['e]der. 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) To begin and carry on a legal process.
Syn: To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise;
emanate.
\Pro"ceed\, n. See {Proceeds}. [Obs.] --Howell. |
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