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Webster 1913 Edition

Sue

Sue

,
Verb.
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. [GREEK], Skr.
sac
to accompany, and probably to E.
see
, v.t. See
See
,
Verb.
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
.

Sue

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
By adverse destiny constrained to
sue

For counsel and redress, he
sues
to you.
Pope.
Caesar came to Rome to
sue
for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship.
C. Middleton.
The Indians were defeated and
sued
for peace.
Jefferson.
2.
(Law)
To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law;
as, to
sue
for damages
.
3.
To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
Massinger.
4.
(Naut.)
To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
R. H. Dana, Jr.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sue

SUE

,
Verb.
T.
su.
[L. sequor. See Seek and Essay.]
1.
To seek justice or right from one by legal process; to institute process in law against one; to prosecute in a civil action for the recovery of a real or supposed right; as, to sue one for debt; to sue one for damages in trespass. Matt.5.
2.
To gain by legal process.
3.
To clean the beak, as a hawk; a term of falconry.
To sue out, 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.

SUE

,
Verb.
I.
To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek for in law; as, to sue for damages.
1.
To seek by request; to apply for; to petition; to entreat.
By adverse destiny constrain'd to sue
For counsel and redress, he sues to you.
2.
To make interest for; to demand.
Caesar come to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship.

Definition 2024

Sue

Sue

See also: sue, sué, su'e, and sü

English

Proper noun

Sue

  1. A diminutive of Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.

Translations

Noun

Sue ‎(plural Sues)

  1. (informal) A Mary Sue (type of character in fiction).

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

Sue f pl

  1. your (polite)

sue

sue

See also: Sue, sué, su'e, and sü

English

Verb

sue ‎(third-person singular simple present sues, present participle suing, simple past and past participle sued)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To follow.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.XIII, Ch.iv:
      And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, III.iv:
      though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd, / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.
  2. (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
  3. (transitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
  4. (falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
  5. (nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
    to sue a ship‎
    (Can we find and add a quotation of R. H. Dana, Jr to this entry?)
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To court.

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:sue.

Derived terms

  • sue for peace

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suːɛ/, /suːeɪ/

Adjective

sue

  1. small

French

Pronunciation

Verb

sue

  1. first-person singular present indicative of suer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of suer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of suer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of suer
  5. second-person singular imperative of suer
  6. Feminine of past participle of savoir

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin suae

Adjective

sue

  1. his, her, its; plural of sua

Japanese

Romanization

sue

  1. rōmaji reading of すえ

Latin

Verb

sue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of suō

Noun

sue

  1. ablative singular of sūs

Portuguese

Verb

sue

  1. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of suar
  2. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of suar
  3. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of suar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of suar
  5. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of suar
  6. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of suar

Tarantino

Pronoun

sue m ‎(possessive) (Feminine: soje)

  1. his

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al., Old French sivre ‎(“follow after”) ( > French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere ‎(“follow”), from Latin sequi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

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