Sue : (noun)
1: French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city
life (1804-1857) [syn: Sue, Eugene Sue]
(verb)
1: 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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sue : \Sue\, v. t. [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, v. t., 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sue : \Sue\, v. i.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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