01 v. i. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.
imp. & p. p.
Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Proceeding
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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.
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To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To begin and carry on a legal process.(Law)