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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suing \su"ing\, n. cf. f. suer to sweat, l. sudare.
the process of soaking through anything. obs. --bacon.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sue \sue\, v. t. imp. p. p. sued; p. pr. vb. n. suing.
oe. suen, sewen, siwen, of. sivre pres.ind. 3d sing. il
siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow, ll. sequere,
for l. sequi, secutus; akin to gr. ?, skr. sac to accompany,
and probably to e. see, v.t. see see, v. t., and cf.
consequence, ensue, execute, obsequious, pursue,
second, sect in religion, sequence, suit.
1. to follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win;
to woo.
1913 webster
for yet there was no man that haddle him sued.
--chaucer.
1913 webster
i was beloved of many a gentle knight,
and sued and sought with all the service due.
--spenser.
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sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. --tennyson.
1913 webster
2. law
a to seek justice or right from, by legal process; to
institute process in law against; to bring an action
against; to prosecute judicially.
b to proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its
proper termination; to gain by legal process.
1913 webster
3. falconry to clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
1913 webster
4. naut. to leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
--r. h. dana, jr.
1913 webster
to sue out law, to petition for and take out, or to apply
for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue
out a pardon for a criminal.
1913 webster
see also:
sued suing see consequence ensue execute
obsequious pursue second sect sequence
suit to sue out
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