Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PROCEED
proceed, go
(verb) follow a certain course; âThe inauguration went wellâ; âhow did your interview go?â
continue, go on, carry on, proceed
(verb) continue talking; ââI know itâs hardâ, he continued, âbut there is no choiceââ; âcarry on--pretend we are not in the roomâ
proceed, go forward, continue
(verb) move ahead; travel onward in time or space; âWe proceeded towards Washingtonâ; âShe continued in the direction of the hillsâ; âWe are moving ahead in time nowâ
go, proceed, move
(verb) follow a procedure or take a course; âWe should go farther in this matterâ; âShe went through a lot of troubleâ; âgo about the world in a certain mannerâ; âMessages must go through diplomatic channelsâ
continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
(verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity; âKeep on working!â; âWe continued to work into the nightâ; âKeep smilingâ; âWe went on working until well past midnightâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
proceed (third-person singular simple present proceeds, present participle proceeding, simple past and past participle proceeded)
(intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
(intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
(intransitive) To come from; to have as its source or origin.
(intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically
(intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
(intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
(legal, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process.
(intransitive) To take an academic degree.
Usage notes
• When used as a catenative verb, proceed takes the to infinitive (i.e. one says proceed to swing, not proceed swing). See English catenative verbs.
• Not to be confused with precede.
• Many of the other English verbs ultimately derived from Latin cÄdĆ are spelled ending in "cede", so the misspelling "procede" is common.
Synonyms
• progress, forthgo
Antonyms
• regress
• recede
Anagrams
• pre-Code, precode
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*ceed" v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] Etym: [F. procéder. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See Cede.]
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)
Definition: To begin and carry on a legal process.
Syn.
– To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.
Pro"ceed n.
Definition: See Proceeds. [Obs.] Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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