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Proceed   /prəsˈid/  /proʊsˈid/  /pərsˈid/   Listen
verb
Proceed  v. i.  (past & past part. proceeded; pres. part. proceeding)  
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."
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." "It proceeds from policy, not love."
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."
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."
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."
7.
(Law) To begin and carry on a legal process.
Synonyms: To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.



noun
Proceed  n.  See Proceeds. (Obs.)






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"Proceed" Quotes from Famous Books



... spectacle, his face streaming with blood, violently drunk, and led by Brandon, who certainly was, on that occasion, both decent in appearance and behaviour. The strange lady hurried up to the font before us. When the clergyman saw the state in which Ford was, he refused to proceed in the ceremony. The sexton then answered for him, whilst the drunkard was led out of the church. The office went on, and the lady seemed studiously to avoid looking upon her intended godson; I was christened simply, Ralph Rattlin. The lady wrote her name in the ...
— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard

... restoration. Delay may prove fatal. Act at once and work with caution, continuous energy, and perseverance. Life has, in many cases, been restored after long hours of unceasing work. In all cases send for a doctor as soon as possible. Meanwhile proceed at once to clear the water out of the patient's lungs. The following method is the simplest and is called the Schaefer system, after the inventor. Incline the patient face downwards and the head downwards, so that the water may run out ...
— How Girls Can Help Their Country • Juliette Low

... shall have engaged in the fur-trade after the present prohibition shall have been made known to them. It is Our will that, upon the requisition, of the aforesaid Sieur de Monts, his lieutenants, and others having authority, you should proceed against the disobedient and offenders, as the case may require: to this end. We give you power, authority, commission, and special mandate, notwithstanding the act of our Council of the 17th day of July last, ...
— Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 2 • Samuel de Champlain

... been ordered to Johannesburg to see General French, who informed him that he was to take command of a mixed force[19] and march to the Losberg, there to dig up a large sum of gold, reputed to amount to nearly 100,000l.; after which he was to proceed south to the Vaal, and hold the drifts between ...
— The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War - With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland • Cecil Francis Romer and Arthur Edward Mainwaring

... works are marvellous and past finding out. And we are confirmed in our Fidelity without all exception, resigning up our very souls for the Holiness of thy Name. And now we are come as far as Damascus, intending shortly to proceed in our journey to Scanderone, according as thou hast commanded us: that so we may ascend and see the face of God in light, as the light of the face of the King of life. And we, servants of thy servants, shall cleanse the dust from thy feet, beseeching ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill


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