proceed

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To go forward or onward, especially after an interruption; continue: proceeded to his destination; paused to clear her throat, then proceeded.
2. v. To begin to carry on an action or a process: looked surprised, then proceeded to roar with laughter.
3. v. To move on in an orderly manner: Business proceeded as usual.
4. v. To come from a source; originate or issue: behavior proceeding from hidden motives. See Synonyms at stem¹.
5. v. Law To institute and conduct legal action: proceeded against the defaulting debtor.
6. n. The amount of money derived from a commercial or fundraising venture; the yield.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; continue or renew motion or progress; advance; go on, literally or figuratively: as, to proceed on one's journey; the vessel touched at Queenstown, and then proceeded on her voyage
2. To issue or come, as from an origin, source, or fountain; go forth: with from.
3. To carry on some series of actions; set one's self at work and go on in a certain way and for some particular purpose; act according to some method.
4. To be transacted or carried on; be done; pass; go on.
5. To begin and carry on a legal action; take any step in the course of procedure: as, to proceed against an offender.
6. To come into effect or action.
7. To take an academic degree: now used only in the universities of Great Britain and Ireland. “To proceed master” is an abbreviated form of “to proceed to the degree of master.”
8. Synonyms To arise, emanate, flow, accrue, result, be derived.
9. n. The amount proceeding or accruing from some possession or transaction; especially, the sum derived from the sale of goods: now used only in the plural: as, the consignee was directed to sell the goods for-warded and invest the proceeds in coffee.

Wiktionary

1. v. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun.
2. v. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
3. v. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from.
4. v. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
5. v. To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
6. v. To have application or effect; to operate.
7. v. To begin and carry on a legal process.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun.
2. v. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
3. v. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from.
4. v. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
5. v. obsolete To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
6. v. To have application or effect; to operate.
7. v. (Law) To begin and carry on a legal process.
8. n. obsolete See proceeds.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. follow a certain course
2. v. continue a certain state, condition, or activity
3. v. continue talking
4. v. follow a procedure or take a course
5. v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space