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proceed \proceed"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. proceeded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. proceeding. f. proc'eder. 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.
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            if thou proceed in this thy insolence. --shak.
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   2. to pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as,
      to proceed with a story or argument.
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   3. to issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come
      from; as, light proceeds from the sun.
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            i proceeded forth and came from god.  --john viii.
                                                  42.
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            it proceeds from policy, not love.    --shak.
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   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.
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            he that proceeds upon other principles in his
            inquiry.                              --locke.
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   5. to be transacted; to take place; to occur. obs.
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            he will, after his sour fashion, tell you
            what hath proceeded worthy note to-day. --shak.
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   6. to have application or effect; to operate.
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            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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   7. law to begin and carry on a legal process.
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   syn: to advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise;
        emanate.
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see also:
proceeded proceeding cede 

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