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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.

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. "Long process of time." Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Tennyson.

Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

y; aptitude. He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.

Having the incisor teeth directed forward.

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. Produce your cause, saith the Lord. Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. Swift.

Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended. -- Pro*du"ci*ble*ness, n.

To produce; to bring forward. "Producted to . . . examination." [Obs.] Foxe.

A setting out; a going forward; advance; progression. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Flowing forward, [R.] "In the profluent stream." Milton.

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically:

The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth. Before his feet herself she did project. Spenser. Behold! th' ascending villas on my side Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide. Pope.

Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born to promote all truth." Milton.

One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy. Boyle.

To move forward; to advance; to promote. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

Bending forward; inclined; not erect. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. Milton.