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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Sue

Sūe, v. t.

verbtransitive

(sū, 64), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUING.] [See SEW.]

Sense 1. To follow up; to prosecute; to seek after; to endeavor to win.

I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. Spenser.

Sense 2. (Law.) (a.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially. (b.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

Sense 3. (Hawking.) To clean, as the beak; — said of a hawk.

Sense 4. (Naut.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship. R. H. Dana.

To sue out (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal.

Sūe, v. i.

verbintransitive

(sū), v. i. 1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead; to demand.

By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. Pope.

Cæsar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. Middleton.

Sense 2. To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek for in law; as, to sue for damages.

Sense 3. (Naut.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. Dana.