pro·ceed /proˈsid, prə-/
(vi.)進行;繼續進行,繼續下去;開始,著手,出發;發出,出于
proceed
繼續進行
Pro·ceed v. i. [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. --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. [Obs.]
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.
Syn: -- To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.
Pro·ceed n. See Proceeds. [Obs.]
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proceed
v 1: continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he
continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend
we are not in the room" [syn: continue, go on, carry
on]
2: move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded
towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of
the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" [syn: go
forward, continue]
3: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther
in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go
about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go
through diplomatic channels" [syn: go, move]
4: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how
did your interview go?" [syn: go]
5: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on
working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep
smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
[syn: continue, go on, go along, keep] [ant: discontinue]