From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sue \Sue\, v. i.
1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to
entreat; to plead.
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By adverse destiny constrained to sue
For counsel and redress, he sues to you. --Pope.
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Caesar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a
triumph and the consulship. --C.
Middleton.
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The Indians were defeated and sued for peace.
--Jefferson.
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2. (Law) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for
something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
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3. To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. --Massinger.
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4. (Naut.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
--R. H. Dana, Jr.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sue \Sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suing}.]
[OE. suen, sewen, siwen, OF. sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il
siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow), LL. sequere,
for L. sequi, secutus; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. sac to accompany,
and probably to E. see, v.t. See {See}, v. t., and cf.
{Consequence}, {Ensue}, {Execute}, {Obsequious}, {Pursue},
{Second}, {Sect} in religion, {Sequence}, {Suit}.]
1. To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win;
to woo.
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For yet there was no man that haddle him sued.
--Chaucer.
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I was beloved of many a gentle knight,
And sued and sought with all the service due.
--Spenser.
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Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. --Tennyson.
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2. (Law)
(a) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to
institute process in law against; to bring an action
against; to prosecute judicially.
(b) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its
proper termination; to gain by legal process.
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3. (Falconry) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
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4. (Naut.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
--R. H. Dana, Jr.
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{To sue out} (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply
for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue
out a pardon for a criminal.
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