Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to proceed against sb
Participle: proceeded against sb
Gerund: proceeding against sb
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | proceed against sb |
| you | proceed against sb |
| he;she;it | proceeds against sb |
| we | proceed against sb |
| you | proceed against sb |
| they | proceed against sb |
Perfect
| I | have proceeded against sb |
| you | have proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | has proceeded against sb |
| we | have proceeded against sb |
| you | have proceeded against sb |
| they | have proceeded against sb |
Past
| I | proceeded against sb |
| you | proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | proceeded against sb |
| we | proceeded against sb |
| you | proceeded against sb |
| they | proceeded against sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had proceeded against sb |
| you | had proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | had proceeded against sb |
| we | had proceeded against sb |
| you | had proceeded against sb |
| they | had proceeded against sb |
Future
| I | will proceed against sb |
| you | will proceed against sb |
| he;she;it | will proceed against sb |
| we | will proceed against sb |
| you | will proceed against sb |
| they | will proceed against sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have proceeded against sb |
| you | will have proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | will have proceeded against sb |
| we | will have proceeded against sb |
| you | will have proceeded against sb |
| they | will have proceeded against sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | proceed against sb |
| you | proceed against sb |
| he;she;it | proceed against sb |
| we | proceed against sb |
| you | proceed against sb |
| they | proceed against sb |
Perfect
| I | have proceeded against sb |
| you | have proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | have proceeded against sb |
| we | have proceeded against sb |
| you | have proceeded against sb |
| they | have proceeded against sb |
Imperfect
| I | proceeded against sb |
| you | proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | proceeded against sb |
| we | proceeded against sb |
| you | proceeded against sb |
| they | proceeded against sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had proceeded against sb |
| you | had proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | had proceeded against sb |
| we | had proceeded against sb |
| you | had proceeded against sb |
| they | had proceeded against sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would proceed against sb |
| you | would proceed against sb |
| he;she;it | would proceed against sb |
| we | would proceed against sb |
| you | would proceed against sb |
| they | would proceed against sb |
Perfect
| I | would have proceeded against sb |
| you | would have proceeded against sb |
| he;she;it | would have proceeded against sb |
| we | would have proceeded against sb |
| you | would have proceeded against sb |
| they | would have proceeded against sb |
Imperative
| you | proceed against sb |
| we | Let's proceed against sb |
| you | proceed against sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'proceed'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'proceed'
preseed,
process,
propend,
protend,
acceed,
breed,
broche,
cofeed,
creed,
crochet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- transitive|proceed with|to prolong
- continue, keep, keep on, sustain
- to pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another
- carry on, continue, go on, keep on, roll on
- progress
- advance, continue
- arise
- emanate, ensue, issue, originate, result, spring
Antonyms
- to finish (something)
- begin, commence, continue, execute, inaugurate, launch, maintain, restart, start, end
- to cease to proceed or act
- continue, persevere, persist, desist
- to cease moving; to come to a stand or standstill
- accelerate, continue, go, move, stop
- to pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another
- desist, end, stop
- progress
- retrogression, relapse, recession, decline
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1382, from O.Fr.
proceder (13c.), from L.
procedere "go forward, advance," from
pro- "forward" +
cedere "to go" (see cede)
Proceeds (n.) "results, profits" is first attested 1665, on the notion of "that which proceeds from something."
Proceedings "records of the doings of a society" is from 1830.
2. From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”); see cede. See: Middle English '
proceden', Old French '
proceder', Latin '
prōcēdō'.
Sample Sentences
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Reassured by her mistress ’ confident tone, Eliza proceeded nimbly and adroitly with her toilet, laughing at her own fears, as she proceeded.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] person only, who might have shed some light on the matter, was entirely silent, and that was the head cook, Aunt Chloe. Silently, and with a heavy cloud settled down over her once joyous face, she proceeded making out her breakfast biscuits, as if she heard and saw nothing of the excitement around her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Thus, all things considered, Haley, with rather an equivocal grace, proceeded to the parlor, while Sam, rolling his eyes after him with unutterable meaning, proceeded gravely with the horses to the stable-yard.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER V WORCESTER. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. HARTFORD. NEW HAVEN. TO NEW YORK LEAVING Boston on the afternoon of Saturday the fifth of February, we proceeded by another railroad to Worcester: a pretty New England town, where we had arranged to remain under the hospitable roof of the Governor of the State, until Monday morning.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] an air of great circumspection. When poured out, he took it and looked at it with a sharp, complacent air, like a man who thinks he has done about the right thing, and hit the nail on the head, and proceeded to dispose of it in short and well-advised sips.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Andy looked rebuked, particularly by the hard word collusitate, which most of the youngerly members of the company seemed to consider as a settler in the case, while Sam proceeded.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Sam's audience hanging on his words with open mouth, he could not but proceed.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Over such a road as this our senator went stumbling along, making moral reflections as continuously as under the circumstances could be expected,—the carriage proceeding along much as follows,—bump ! bump ! bump ! slush ! down in the mud ! — the senator, woman and child, reversing their positions so suddenly as to come, without any very accurate adjustment, against [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] uniformly gave a little start whenever his long-sided brother fired in his direction; and this being observed by his companion, he very good-naturedly turned his artillery to another quarter, and proceeded to storm one of the fire-irons with a degree of military talent fully sufficient to take a city.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Now ! ” said Haley, pushing his three purchases together, and producing a bundle of handcuffs, which he proceeded to put on their wrists; and fastening each handcuff to a long chain, he drove them before him to the jail.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)