sue, sew, sewe, sewen, sywen, suwen

t. & i. [O. Fr. seore, suir, sivir (Fr. suivre )=to follow, from Low Lat. sequo; Lat. sequor; Ital. sequire. From the same root come pursue, suit, suite, sequence, .] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: *1. To follow. IMG:content-0523.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Falconry: To clean the beak. 2. Naut.: To leave high and dry on a shore; as, to sue a ship. B. Intransitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To beg, to entreat, to petition, to plead. "When maidens sue, men give like gods." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, i. 4. It is generally followed by for . "I sue for exiled majesty's repeal." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 640. 2. To seek by legal proce ; to make claim in law; to prosecute; as, to sue for damages. 3. To pay court; to pay one's addre es as a suitor or lover; to woo; to be a lover; to act the lover. II. Naut.. To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. To sue out: To petition for and take out; to apply for and obtain. "Nor was our ble ed Savior only our propitiation to die for us, but he is still our advocate, continually interceding with his father in the behalf of all true penitents, and suing out a pardon for them in the court of -Calamy .