Definition of: proceed

(prə·sēd′) v.i.
1. To go on or forward, especially after a stop or interruption.
2. To begin and carry on an action or process: He proceeded to strike her about the head.
3. To issue or come, as from some cause, source, or origin: with from.
4. Law To institute and carry on legal proceedings. [<OF proceder <L procedere go forward <pro- forward + cedere go]
—pro·ceed′er noun