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suing |
3 definitions found 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suing \Su"ing\, n. [Cf. F. suer to sweat, L. sudare.] The process of soaking through anything [Obs.] --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suing n : a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank [syn: {suit}]
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