Sue

[s(j)uː] or [su]

Definition

(noun.) French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).

Editor: Lora--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

(v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.

(v. t.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

(v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

(v. t.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.

(v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

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

(v. i.) To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.

(v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Prosecute, bring an action against, commence a suit against.

v. n. [1]. Beg, petition, entreat, plead, supplicate, implore, pray.[2]. Bring an action, make legal claim.

Editor: Percival

Definition

v.t. to prosecute at law: to seek after to try to win.—v.i. to make legal claim: to make application: to entreat: to demand (with for).—Sued (naut.) to be left high and dry.—n. Sū′ing the act of bringing a legal suit: wooing.—Sue out to petition for and take out.

Checker: Sheena