Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proceed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proceed \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proceed \Pro"ceed\, n.
See {Proceeds}. [Obs.] --Howell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proceed
v 1: 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" [syn: {continue}, {go on}, {carry
on}]
2: move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards
Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the
hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are
moving ahead in time now" [syn: {go forward}, {continue}]
3: 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" [syn: {go}, {move}]
4: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how
did your interview go?" [syn: {go}]
5: 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"
[syn: {continue}, {go on}, {go along}, {keep}] [ant: {discontinue}]
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