sue. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

sue

PRONUNCIATION:	s
VERB:	Inflected forms: sued, su·ing, sues
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. Law a. To petition (a court) for redress of grievances or recovery of a right. b. To institute proceedings against (a person) for redress of grievances. c. To carry (an action) through to a final decision. 2. To court; woo. 3. Obsolete To make a petition to; appeal to; beseech.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. Law To institute legal proceedings; bring suit. 2. To make an appeal or entreaty: “I sue for grace, and thou deny'st me” (Francis Quarles). 3. To pay court; woo.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English sewen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Vulgar Latin ^*sequere, to follow, from Latin sequ. See sek^w-¹ in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	suer —NOUN


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