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    sue
    [so͞o]
    verb
    sue (verb) · sues (third person present) · sued (past tense) · sued (past participle) · suing (present participle)
    1. institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress:
      "she is to sue the baby's father" · "I sued for breach of contract"
    2. formal
      appeal formally to a person for something:
      "the rebels were forced to sue for peace"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French suer, based on Latin sequi ‘follow’. Early senses were very similar to those of the verb follow.
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    verb
    1. institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress:
      charge
      prosecute
      summons
      indict
      arraign
      impeach
      do
      take legal action against
      take to court
      bring an action against
      bring a suit against
      proceed against
      prefer/bring charges against
      bring to trial
      have the law on
    2. appeal formally to a person for something:
      appeal
      petition
      ask
      beg
      plead
      entreat
      implore
      supplicate
      solicit
      request
      seek
      impetrate
      obtest
      obsecrate
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