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Sue

//suː// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.

    "For the last decade at least, the trend seems to be that more untraditional names are being chosen over the Bobs, the Toms, the Sues and the Marys."

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Mary Sue (“type of character in fiction”). informal
Verb
  1. 1
    To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action. transitive

    "sue someone for selling a faulty product"

  2. 2
    institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against wordnet
  3. 3
    To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. ambitransitive

    "The king of Bimsa sued for peace after Nynal's armies overran his territory; he knew any further resistance would only harm the common people."

  4. 4
    To clean (the beak, etc.). transitive
  5. 5
    To leave high and dry on shore. transitive

    "to sue a ship"

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  1. 6
    To court. obsolete, transitive
  2. 7
    To follow. obsolete, transitive

    "And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English seuen, sewen, siwen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al. and Old French sivre (“to follow after”) (modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”), from Latin sequi. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Doublet of segue. Related to suit.

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Etymology 3

Clipping.

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