Proceed /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding

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.

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.

   It proceeds from policy, not love.

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.

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.

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.

7. To begin and carry on a legal process. (Law)

1. See Proceeds. [Obs.]