Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. i.) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

2. (v. i.) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.

3. (v. i.) To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.

4. (v. i.) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.

5. (v. i.) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

6. (v. i.) To have application or effect; to operate.

7. (v. i.) To begin and carry on a legal process.

8. (n.) See Proceeds.