Pro"ceed (?), n. See Proceeds.
[Obs.]
Howell.
Pro*ceed" (?), v. 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 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.
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