proceedv. i.[F. procder. 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.()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.()()n. See Proceeds.(Howell.)