Pro*ceed" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Proceeding.] [F. procÈder. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before,
to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See Cede.] 1. To move, pass,
or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun;
as, to proceed on a journey.
If thou proceed in this thy insolence.
Shak.
2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed
with a story or argument.
3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as,
light proceeds from the sun.