Sue

Verb

 * 1)  To follow.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:
 * And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
 * 1) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
 * though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd, / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.
 * 1)  To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
 * 2)  To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
 * 3)  To court.

Derived terms

 * sue for peace

Related terms

 * ensue
 * suit

Adverbs for Sue
importunately; legally; litigiously; ruthlessly; vindictively; logically; irrationally.

Thesaurus
address, angle for, apply to, beau, bid for, bring action against, bring into court, bring suit, bring to justice, bring to trial, call on, call upon, canvass, chase, circulate a petition, court, drag into court, esquire, fish for, follow, go into litigation, go to law, implead, law, lay siege to, litigate, look for, make suit to, memorialize, pay attention to, pay court to, petition, pop the question, pray, prefer a petition, prosecute, prosecute at law, pursue, put in suit, put on trial, seek, seek in law, seek justice, serenade, sign a petition, solicit, spark, squire, sue for, swain, sweetheart, take to court, woo

Etymology
From suer:, siwer: et al.,  sivre: ( > French suivre:), from  *undefined:, from  sequi:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * French: poursuivre en justice, intenter un procès à
 * German: verklagen
 * Japanese: 訴える (uttaeru)


 * Norwegian: saksøke
 * Portuguese: processar, demandar
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * SEU
 * uſes
 * use

Adjective
sue


 * 1) small

Anagrams

 * eus, use, usé

Adjective

 * 1) his, her, its

Etymology
From {{term|suae|lang=la}