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(1):

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

(2):

(v. t.) To clean, as the beak; - said of a hawk.

(3):

(v. t.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.

(4):

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

(5):

(v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

(6):

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

(7):

(v. i.) To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.

(8):

(v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.

(9):

(v. t.) To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sue'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sue.html. 1828.
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