Proceed

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Proceeds.

II. Proceed ·vi To begin and carry on a legal process.

III. Proceed ·vi To be transacted; to take place; to Occur.

IV. Proceed ·vi To have application or effect; to Operate.

V. Proceed ·vi To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.

VI. Proceed ·vi To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.

VII. Proceed ·vi 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.

VIII. Proceed ·vi To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to Advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.