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mate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.

Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.

To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.

o be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy. He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving. Sir P. Sidney.

legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency. [U.S.]

Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. "Mad demeanor." Milton. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. Franklin. The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. Jowett (Thucyd.).

Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic l…

Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate. Jer. Taylor.

wer; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns. The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. Ps. xciii. 1. No sovereign has ever represented…

To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. Buckminster.

Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.

Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.

To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.

Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.

deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.

Proceeding with regard to method; systematic. "Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly." Harris.

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

n. Bacon. Military law. See Martial law, under Martial. -- Military order. (a) A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, me…

To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. [He] proceeded to mingle another draught. Hawthorne.