sues

Verb

sue (third-person singular simple present sues, present participle suing, simple past and past participle sued)

1. (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
   • sue someone for selling a faulty product

   Synonyms:

   implead

2. (ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
   • The king of Bimsa sued for peace after Nynal's armies overran his territory; he knew any further resistance would only harm the common people.
3. (transitive) To clean (the beak, etc.).
4. (transitive) To leave high and dry on shore.
   • to sue a ship
5. (obsolete, transitive) To court.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To follow.
   • And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum iv”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XIII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer...

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