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pro⋅ceed

  [v. pruh-seed; n. proh-seed]
–verb (used without object)
1. to move or go forward or onward, esp. after stopping.
2. to carry on or continue any action or process.
3. to go on to do something.
4. to continue one's discourse.
5. Law.
a. to begin and carry on a legal action.
b. to take legal action (usually fol. by against).
6. to be carried on, as an action or process.
7. to go or come forth; issue (often fol. by from).
8. to arise, originate, or result (usually fol. by from).
–noun
9. proceeds,
a. something that results or accrues.
b. the total amount derived from a sale or other transaction: The proceeds from the deal were divided equally among us.
c. the profits or returns from a sale, investment, etc.
10. Archaic. proceeds.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME procede < L prōcēdere. See pro- 1 , cede

Related forms:
pro⋅ceed⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. progress, continue, pass on. See advance. 7. emanate. 8. spring, ensue.

Antonyms:
1. recede.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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Word Origin & History

proceed 
1382, from O.Fr. proceder (13c.), from L. procedere "go forward, advance," from pro- "forward" + cedere "to go" (see cede) Proceeds (n.) "results, profits" is first attested 1665, on the notion of "that which proceeds from something." Proceedings "records of the doings of a society" is from 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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