Pro*ceed" (?) 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.
If thou proceed in this thy insolence.
Shak.
2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.
I proceeded forth and came from God.
John viii. 42.
It proceeds from policy, not love.
Shak.
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.
He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry.
Locke.
5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.]
He will, after his sour fashion, tell you
What hath proceeded worthy note to-day.
Shak.
6. To have application or effect; to operate.
This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence.
Ayliffe.
7. Law To begin and carry on a legal process.
Syn. -- To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.
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Pro"ceed (?) n. See Proceeds. [Obs.]
Howell.
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