[prəˈsiːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- begin a course of action
(e.g: the consortium could proceed with the plan)

- move forward
(e.g: from the High Street, proceed over Magdalen Bridge)

- originate from
(e.g: his claim that all power proceeded from God)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French proceder, from Latin procedere, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’