proceed
English
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“I go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“I go”); see cede.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
- (Can we date this quote by John Locke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- he that proceeds upon other Principles in his Enquiry
- (Can we date this quote by John Locke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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
- 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
Antonyms
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Translations
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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have application or effect
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begin and carry on a legal process
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See also
- proceeds (noun)
References
- “proceed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “proceed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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