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Webster 1913 Edition


Procedure

Pro-ce′dure

,
Noun.
[F.
procédure
. See
Proceed
.]
1.
The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
“The true procedure of conscience.”
South.
2.
A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
“Gracious procedures.”
I. Taylor.
3.
That which results; issue; product.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Procedure

PROCE'DURE

,
Noun.
The act of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; series of actions; as the procedure of the soul in certain actions. But it is more generally applied to persons; as, this is a strange procedure in a public body. The motions of physical causes are more generally denominated operations.
1.
Manner of proceeding; management; conduct.
2.
That which proceeds from something; produce. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


procédure

procédure

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French

Noun

procédure f (plural procédures)

  1. procedure

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