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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sue \Sue\, verb (used without an object)
1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. --Pope.
C[ae]sar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. --C. Middleton.
The Indians were defeated and sued for peace. --Jefferson.
2. (Law) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
3. To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. --Massinger.
4. (Naut.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sue \Sue\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suing}.] [OE. suen, sewen, siwen, OF. sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow), LL. sequere, for L. sequi, secutus; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. sac to accompany, and probably to E. see, v.t. See {See}, verb (used with an object), and cf. {Consequence}, {Ensue}, {Execute}, {Obsequious}, {Pursue}, {Second}, {Sect} in religion, {Sequence}, {Suit}.]
1. To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. --Chaucer.
I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. --Spenser.
Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. --Tennyson.
2. (Law) (a) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially. (b) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.
3. (Falconry) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
4. (Naut.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
{To sue out} (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Sue
noun: French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857) [syn: {Eugene Sue}]
verb: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: {action}, {litigate}, {process}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "sue": address, angle for, apply to, beau, bid for, bring action against, bring into court, bring suit, bring to justice, bring to trial, call on, call upon, canvass, chase, circulate a petition, court, drag into court, esquire, fish for, follow, go into litigation, go to law, implead, law, lay siege to, litigate, look for, make suit to, memorialize, pay attention to, pay court to, petition, pop the question, pray, prefer a petition, prosecute, prosecute at law, pursue, put in suit, put on trial, seek, seek in law, seek justice, serenade, sign a petition, solicit, spark, squire, sue for, swain, sweetheart, take to court, woo
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Sue The system language used to write an {operating system} for the {IBM 360}. It is a cross between {Pascal} and {XPL}. It allows type checked {separate compilation} of internal procedures using a program library. ["The System Language for Project Sue", B.L. Clark e al, SIGPLAN Notices 6(9):79-88 (Oct 1971)]. (1994-12-01)
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