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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sue  \Sue\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sued};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Suing}.] 
  [OE.  suen,  sewen,  siwen,  OF  sivre  (pres.ind.  3d  sing.  il 
  siut,  suit,  he  follows,  nous  sevons  we  follow),  LL  sequere, 
  for  L.  sequi,  secutus  akin  to  Gr  ?,  Skr.  sac  to  accompany, 
  and  probably  to  E.  see  v.t.  See  {See},  v.  t.,  and  cf 
  {Consequence},  {Ensue},  {Execute},  {Obsequious},  {Pursue}, 
  {Second},  {Sect}  in  religion,  {Sequence},  {Suit}.] 
  1.  To  follow  up  to  chase;  to  seek  after  to  endeavor  to  win; 
  to  woo. 
 
  For  yet  there  was  no  man  that  haddle  him  sued. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  I  was  beloved  of  many  a  gentle  knight,  And  sued  and 
  sought  with  all  the  service  due.  --Spenser. 
 
  Sue  me  and  woo  me  and  flatter  me  --Tennyson. 
 
  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. 
 
  3.  (Falconry)  To  clean,  as  the  beak;  --  said  of  a  hawk. 
 
  4.  (Naut.)  To  leave  high  and  dry  on  shore;  as  to  sue  a  ship. 
  --R.  H.  Dana,  Jr 
 
  {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. 

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