(s) v. sued, su·ing v.t.
1. Law a To institute proceedings against for the recovery of some right or the redress of some wrong. b To prosecute (an action). c To seek a grant from (a court).
2. To endeavor to persuade by entreaty; beg; urge; petition.
3. To seek to win in marriage; woo.
—v.i.
4. To institute legal proceedings.
5. To make entreaty.
6. Archaic To pay court; woo. [<AF suer, OF suivre, ult. <L sequi follow]
—su′er noun

(s)
Diminutive of SUSANNA.

(s, Fr. sü), (Marie Joseph) Eugène,
1804–57, French novelist.