Proceed

v. i.	1.	To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] 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.	1.	See Proceeds.

Verb	1.	proceed - 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" Synonyms: continue, carry on, go on
	2.	proceed - 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" Synonyms: go forward, continue
	3.	proceed - 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" Synonyms: go, move
	4.	proceed - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" Synonyms: go
	5.	proceed - 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" Synonyms: continue, go on, keep, go along

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