Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as sewing.
  • Following; ensuing.
  • Conformable; in proportion.
  • noun Regular succession, order, or gradation; proportion.
  • noun The act or process of making or paying suit; wooing.
  • noun The act or process of prosecuting judicially; bringing suit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The process of soaking through anything.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of sue.
  • noun obsolete The process of soaking through anything.

Etymologies

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Compare French suer ("to sweat").

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