- (v.i.) To begin and carry on a legal process.
- (v.i.) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- (v.i.) To have application or effect; to operate.
- (n.) See Proceeds.
- (v.i.) To move, pass or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.
- (v.i.) To pass from one point, topic or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
- (v.i.) To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.
- (v.i.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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