Sue

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Law To petition (a court) for redress of grievances or recovery of a right.
  • v. Law To institute proceedings against (a person) for redress of grievances.
  • v. Law To carry (an action) through to a final decision.
  • v. To court; woo.
  • v. Obsolete To make a petition to; appeal to; beseech.
  • verb-intransitive. Law To institute legal proceedings; bring suit.
  • verb-intransitive. To make an appeal or entreaty: "I sue for grace, and thou deny'st me” ( Francis Quarles).
  • verb-intransitive. To pay court; woo.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To follow.
  • v. To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
  • v. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
  • v. To court.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
  • v.
  • v. To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
  • v. To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.
  • v. To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
  • v. To leave high and dry on shore.
  • verb-intransitive. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
  • verb-intransitive. To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law.
  • verb-intransitive. To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
  • verb-intransitive. To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To follow; follow after; pursue; chase; follow in attendance; attend.
  • To follow up; follow out; continue.
  • To follow with entreaty; seek to persuade; entreat.
  • To seek after; try to win; seek the favor of; seek in marriage; woo.
  • To seek justice or right from by legal process; institute process in law against; prosecute in a civil action for the recovery of a real or supposed right: as, to sue one for debt; to sue one for damages in trespass.
  • To follow; come after, either as a consequence or in pursuit.
  • To make entreaty; entreat; petition; plead: usually with for.
  • To pay court, or pay one's addresses as a suitor or lover; play the lover; woo, or be a wooer.
  • To prosecute; make legal claim; seek for something in law: as, to sue for damages.
  • To issue; flow.
  • An old spelling of sew, sew, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
  • n. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
  • Verb Form
    sued    sueing    sues    suing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    author    writer   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    sued    suing    sue for peace   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chase    woo    petition    entreat    plead    prosecute    court    ask    appeal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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