sue

See also Sue, and sué

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al., Old French sivre (“follow after”) ( > French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“follow”), from Latin sequi.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /suː/, SAMPA: /su:/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

sue (third-person singular simple present sues, present participle suing, simple past and past participle sued)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To follow.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:

     And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:

     though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd, / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.

2. (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
3. (transitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To court.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

• sue for peace

Related terms

• ensue
• suit

Translations

to file a legal action

Czech: žalovat (cs) French: poursuivre en justice, intenter un procès à German: verklagen Indonesian: menuntut (id) Japanese: 訴える (uttaeru)

Norwegian: saksøke (no) Portuguese: processar (pt), demandar (pt) Scottish Gaelic: tagair (gd) Spanish: demandar (es)

Anagrams

• SEU
• uſes
• use

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA: / suːɛ /, / suːeɪ /, SAMPA: / su:E /, / su:eI /

Adjective

sue

1. small

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sy/, SAMPA: /sy/
• Homophones: su, suent, sues, sus, sut, sût
• Rhymes: -y

Verb

sue

1. first-person singular present indicative of suer
2. third-person singular present indicative of suer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of suer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of suer
5. second-person singular imperative of suer
6. Feminine of past participle of savoir

Anagrams

• eus, use, usé

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin suae

Adjective

sue f. pl.

1. his, her, its

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Latin

Verb

sue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of suō

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Tarantino

Pronoun

sue (possesive) m. (Feminine: soje

1. his