sue

[soo] /su/
verb (used with object), sued, suing.
1.
to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against:
to sue someone for damages.
2.
to woo or court.
3.
Obsolete. to make petition or appeal to.
verb (used without object), sued, suing.
4.
to institute legal proceedings, or bring suit:
She threatened to sue.
5.
to make petition or appeal:
to sue for peace.
6.
to court a woman.
Verb phrases
7.
sue out, to make application for or apply for and obtain (a writ or the like) from a court of law.
Origin
1150-1200; Middle English suen, siwen < Old French sivre < Vulgar Latin *sequere to follow, for Latin sequī
Related forms
suer, noun
unsued, adjective
Synonyms
5. beg, petition, plead, pray.

Sue

[soo; French sy] /su; French sü/
noun
1.
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
2.
a female given name, form of Susan, Susanna, Susannah.
Examples from the web for sue
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  • These buy up patents and then license them or sue for infringement, rather than using the patents themselves.
  • Potential conflicts of interest loom-and plaintiffs' lawyers, ready to sue over advice that proves bad, are always close at hand.
  • He tried to sue the retailer for profiteering in a local court last month, presenting a picture of the melon plus the receipt.
  • Minority shareholders are complaining about the potential dilution of their holdings, and some are threatening to sue.
  • But patients who were denied experimental treatments, and the hospitals that wanted to be paid for providing them, started to sue.
  • Basically, a patent is nothing but a license to sue for infringement.
British Dictionary definitions for sue

sue

/sjuː; suː/
verb sues, suing, sued
1.
to institute legal proceedings (against)
2.
to make suppliant requests of (someone for something)
3.
(archaic) to pay court (to)
Derived Forms
suer, noun
Word Origin
C13: via Anglo-Norman from Old French sivre, from Latin sequī to follow

Sue

/French sy/
noun
1.
Eugène (øʒɛn). original name Marie-Joseph Sue. 1804–57, French novelist, whose works, notably Les mystères de Paris (1842–43) and Le juif errant (1844–45), were among the first to reflect the impact of the industrial revolution on France
Word Origin and History for sue
v.

c.1200, "continue, persevere," from Anglo-French suer "follow after, continue," from Old French sivre, later suivre "pursue, follow after," from Vulgar Latin *sequere "follow," from Latin sequi "follow" (see sequel). Sense of "start a lawsuit against" first recorded c.1300, on notion of "following up" a matter in court. Sometimes short for ensue or pursue. Related: Sued; suing.

Sue

fem. proper name, a shortened or familiar form of Susan.

sue in Technology


The system language used to write an operating system for the IBM 360. It is a cross between Pascal and XPL. It allows type checked separate compilation of internal procedures using a program library.
["The System Language for Project Sue", B.L. Clark e al, SIGPLAN Notices 6(9):79-88 (Oct 1971)].
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