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) To begin and carry on a legal process.
Syn. — To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.
Proceed
(Pro"ceed) n. See Proceeds. [Obs.] Howell.
Proceeder
(Pro*ceed"er) n. One who proceeds.
Proceeding
(Pro*ceed"ing), n.
1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from
one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a
cautious or a violent proceeding.
The proceedings of the high commission.
Macaulay. 2. pl. (Law) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. Blackstone.
Proceedings of a society, the published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings.
Syn. — Procedure; measure; step, See Transaction.
Proceeds
(Pro"ceeds) n. pl. That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing
from a sale, etc.
Proceleusmatic
(Proc`e*leus*mat"ic) a. [L. proceleusmaticus, Gr. fr. to rouse to action beforehand; + to
incite; cf. F. procéleusmatique.]
1. Inciting; animating; encouraging. [R.] Johnson.
2. (Pros.) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of feet of four short syllables each.
Proceleusmatic
(Proc`e*leus*mat"ic) n. (Pros.) A foot consisting of four short syllables.
Procellarian
(Pro`cel*la"ri*an) n. [L. procella a storm.] (Zoöl.) One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridæ)
including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy
weather.
