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sue

  [soo] verb, sued, su⋅ing.
Use sue in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
2. to woo or court.
3. Obsolete. to make petition or appeal to.
–verb (used without object)
4. to institute legal proceedings, or bring suit: She threatened to sue.
5. to make petition or appeal: to sue for peace.
6. to court a woman.
—Verb phrase
7. sue out, to make application for or apply for and obtain (a writ or the like) from a court of law.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME suen, siwen < OF sivre < VL *sequere to follow, for L sequī

Related forms:
suer, noun

Synonyms:
5. beg, petition, plead, pray.

Sue

  [soo; Fr. sy]
–noun
1. Eu⋅gène [œ-zhen] , (Marie Joseph Sue), 1804–57, French novelist.
2. a female given name, form of Susan, Susanna, Susannah.
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sue   (sōō)   
v.   sued, su·ing, sues

v.   tr.
  1. Law
    1. To petition (a court) for redress of grievances or recovery of a right.
    2. To institute proceedings against (a person) for redress of grievances.
    3. To carry (an action) through to a final decision.
  2. To court; woo.
  3. Obsolete To make a petition to; appeal to; beseech.
v.   intr.
  1. Law To institute legal proceedings; bring suit.
  2. To make an appeal or entreaty: "I sue for grace, and thou deny'st me" (Francis Quarles).
  3. To pay court; woo.

[Middle English sewen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, to follow, from Latin sequī; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.]
su'er n.
Sue   (sōō, sü)   
French writer known for his sensational novels that depict the sordid side of city life, including The Mysteries of Paris (1842-1843).
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Sue

Sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sued; p. pr. & vb. n. Suing.] [OE. suen, sewen, siwen, OF. sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow), LL. sequere, for L. sequi, secutus; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. sac to accompany, and probably to E. see, v.t. See See, v. t., and cf. Consequence, Ensue, Execute, Obsequious, Pursue, Second, Sect in religion, Sequence, Suit.]

1. To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. --Chaucer.

I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. --Spenser.

Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. --Tennyson.

2. (Law) (a) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially. (b) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

3. (Falconry) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

4. (Naut.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

To sue out (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal.

Sue

Sue\, v. i. 1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. --Pope.

C[ae]sar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. --C. Middleton.

The Indians were defeated and sued for peace. --Jefferson.

2. (Law) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.

3. To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. --Massinger.

4. (Naut.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sue
Spanish: demandar,
German: verklagen,
Japanese: 告訴する
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sue 
c.1200, "continue, persevere," from Anglo-Fr. suer "follow after, continue," from O.Fr. sivre, later suivre "pursue, follow after," from V.L. *sequere "follow," from L. sequi "follow" (see sequel). Sense of "start a lawsuit against" first recorded c.1300, on notion of "following up" a matter in court. Sometimes aphetic for ensue or pursue.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sue
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: sued; su·ing
transitive verbEtymology: Anglo-French suer suire, literally, to follow, pursue, from Old French sivre, ultimately from Latin sequi to follow
: to bring an action against : seek justice from by legal process intransitive verb : to bring an action in court
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Sue
The system language used to write an operating system for the IBM 360. It is a cross between Pascal and XPL. It allows type checked separate compilation of internal procedures using a program library.
["The System Language for Project Sue", B.L. Clark e al, SIGPLAN Notices 6(9):79-88 (Oct 1971)].
(1994-12-01)

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