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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suing \Su"ing\, n. [Cf. F. suer to sweat, L. sudare.]
     The process of soaking through anything. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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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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