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Proceed

//pɹəˈsiːd// verb

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Verb

1
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on. intransitive
"to proceed on a journey"
2
follow a certain course wordnet
3
To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another. intransitive
"to proceed with a story or argument"
4
continue talking wordnet
5
To come from; to have as its source or origin. intransitive
"Light proceeds from the sun."

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6
move ahead; travel onward in time or space wordnet
7
To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically. intransitive
"He that proceeds upon others Principles in his Enquiry into any Sciences, though he be reſolv’d to examine them and judge of them freely, does yet at leaſt put himſelf on that ſide, and poſt himſelf in a Party which he will not quit ’till he be beaten out; […]"
8
follow a procedure or take a course wordnet
9
To be transacted; to take place; to occur. intransitive
"And he will (after his ſowre faſhion) tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to day."
10
continue a certain state, condition, or activity wordnet
11
To be applicable or effective; to be valid. intransitive
"For it [this rule] only proceeds and takes place, when a Perſon cannot of common Right condemn or bind another by his Sentence; […]"
12
To begin and carry on a legal process. intransitive
"“Gentlemen, shall we proceed?” the judge said. From the beginning, Judge Fong appeared bored at Levine's coaxing remarks."
13
To take an academic degree. intransitive

Etymology

From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“I go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“I go”); see cede.

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