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English[edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for proceed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“I go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“I go”); see cede.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
proceed (third-person singular simple present proceeds, present participle proceeding, simple past and past participle proceeded)
- (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
- To proceed on a journey.
- (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
- To proceed with a story or argument.
- (intransitive) To come from; to have as its source or origin.
- Light proceeds from the sun.
- (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically
- a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, OCLC 6963663:
- He that proceeds upon others’ principles in his enquiry
- (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
- And he will, after his sour fashion, tell you
What hath proceeded worthy note to-day
- (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
- (Can we date this quote by Ayliffe and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence.
- (Can we date this quote by Ayliffe and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (law, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (intransitive) To take an academic degree.
Usage notes[edit]
- When used as a catenative verb, proceed takes the to infinitive (i.e. one says proceed to swing, not proceed swing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
- Not to be confused with precede.
- Many of the other English verbs ultimately derived from Latin cēdō are spelled ending in "cede", so the misspelling "procede" is common.
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
go forward
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pass from one point to another
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come forth as a source or origin
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go on in an orderly or regulated manner
take place
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
See also[edit]
- proceeds (noun)
References[edit]
- proceed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
- proceed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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