SUE

To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo. For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. Chaucer. I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. Spenser. Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. Tennyson.

To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.

To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship. R. H. Dana, Jr. To sue out (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal.

To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. Pope. Cæsar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. C. Middleton. The Indians were defeated and sued for peace. Jefferson.

To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.

To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. Massinger.

To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. R. H. Dana, Jr.