Definition: proceed

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

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; "We proceeded towards
        Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the
        hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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) 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.