Found 2 items, similar to proceed.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: proceed 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Proceed Proceed \Pro*ceed"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] [F. proc['e]der. 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. [1913 Webster] If thou proceed in this thy insolence. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument. [1913 Webster] 3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun. [1913 Webster] I proceeded forth and came from God. --John viii. 42. [1913 Webster] It proceeds from policy, not love. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He will, after his sour fashion, tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To have application or effect; to operate. [1913 Webster] This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 7. (Law) To begin and carry on a legal process. [1913 Webster] Syn: To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate. [1913 Webster] Proceed \Pro"ceed\, n. See Proceeds. [Obs.] --Howell. [1913 Webster]