(verb) : prō-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3
* To go forth or before, to go forwards, advance, proceed (class.; cf.: progredior, prodeo).
* Lit.
* In gen.: procedere ad forum,Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 2: illuc procede,id. Capt. 5, 2, 1: a portu,Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: ante agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 4: nil cum procede re lintrem Sentimus,Hor. S. 1, 5, 20: pedibus aequis,Ov. P. 4, 5, 3: passu tacito,Val. Fl. 5, 351.
* Trop.
* In milit. lang., to go or march forwards, to advance, Caes. B. C. 3, 34: lente atque paulatim proceditur,id. ib. 1, 80; id. B. G. 6, 25: agmen procedit,Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Curt. 7, 3, 19: processum in aciem est,Liv. 25, 21: ipsi jam pridem avidi certaminis procedunt,id. 3, 62, 6.—Cf. of ships, Caes. B. G. 7, 61; Verg. A. 4, 587.
* To go or pass for, to be counted or reckoned as any thing (anteand post-class.): ut binae (oves) pro singulis procedant,shall be reckoned as one,Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5; Dig. 5, 3, 32: quod ita procedit, si ea, cui donabatur, eum interposuit,ib. 24, 1, 11.
* To happen, take place, occur (ante-class.): numquid processit ad forum hodie novi?Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 7.
* To come or proceed from, to be derived from (post-class.): res, quae a sacratissimis imperatoribus procedunt,Cod. Just. 7, 37, 3.— In part. pass.: in processā aetate,advanced,Scrib. Comp. 100.
* Of plants, to put forth, spring forth, grow (ante-class. and in post-Aug. prose): antequam radices longius procedere possint,Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5: plerumque germen de cicatrice procedit,Col. 4, 22, 4: gemma sine dubio processura,Pall. 7, 5, 3; 8, 3, 1 et saep.
* Of place, to project, extend: ita ut in pedes binos fossa procedat,Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159: Lydia super Ioniam procedit,id. 5, 29, 30, § 110: promuntorium, quod contra Peloponnesum procedit,id. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Cels. 8, 1.
* Of the moon, to wax, increase, Pall. 7, 3.
* Of time, to advance, pass, elapse (class.): ubi plerumque noctis processit,Sall. J. 21, 2; Nep. Pel. 3, 3: jamque dies alterque dies processit,Verg. A. 3, 356: dies procedens,Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: procedente tempore,in process of time,Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17: si aetate processerit,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50: tempus processit,Caes. B. C. 3, 25: procedente die,Liv. 28, 15; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: procedunt tempora tarde,Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5: incipient magni procedere menses,Verg. E. 4, 12: pars major anni jam processerat,Liv. 3, 37.
* To come or go forth, to appear, to present or show one's self (poet. and post-Aug.): nunc volo subducto gravior procedere voltu,i. e. to conduct myself more gravely, to undertake more serious matters,Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9: quis postea ad summam Thucydidis, quis Hyperidis ad famam processit?Petr. 2.
* In partic., to go or get on, to advance, make progress (class.; cf. proficio): dicendi laude multum,Cic. Brut. 36, 137: in philosophiā,id. Fin. 3, 2, 6: honoribus longius,id. Brut. 48, 180; cf. id. Har. Resp. 23, 48: ad virtutis aditum,id. Fin. 3, 14, 48: ambitio et procedendi libido,a passion for getting on, for rising in the world,Plin. Ep 8, 6, 3: longius iras,Verg. A. 5, 461: perspicuum est, quo compositiones unguentorum processerint,to what extent, how far,Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,id. Fin. 1, 9, 29: eo vecordiae processit, ut,went so far in folly,Sall. J. 5, 2: Adherbal, ubi intellegit eo processum,id. ib. 21, 1; so, processit in id furoris,Vell. 2, 80, 2: eoque ira processit, ut, etc.,Liv. 9, 26, 2: ex infimā fortunā in ordinem senatorium, et ad summos honores,Suet. Rhet. 1, 10.
* To run on, continue, remain: et cum stationes procederent, prope obruentibus infirmum corpus armis,i. e. guard duty returned so frequently as to seem continuous,Liv. 5, 48, 7: ut iis stipendia procederent,id. 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 14; cf. aera,id. 5, 7, 12.
* To go on, continue, follow; esp. of speech, etc.: ad dissuadendum,Liv. 30, 35; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 117: non imitor λακωνισμὸν tuum: altera jam pagella procedit,Cic. Fam. 11, 25, 2.
* Toturn out, result, succeed, prosper (class.): parum procedere,Ter. And. 4, 1, 48; Liv. 1, 57; 38, 7: nonnumquam summis oratoribus non satis ex sententiā eventum dicendi procedere,Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123: alicui pulcherrime,id. Phil. 13, 19, 40: alicui bene,id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: omnia prospere procedent,Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2.—Impers. (cf. succedo): quibus cum parum procederet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; cf.: velut processisset Spurio Licinio,Liv. 2, 44, 1.—Absol., to turn out or succeed well: mane quod tu occoeperis negotium agere, id totum procedit diem,Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 34: ferme ut quisque quidque occoeperit, sic ei procedunt post principia,id. ib. 4, 1, 4: Syre, processisti hodie pulcre,have succeeded finely,Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 22: si processit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: quod si consilia Andranodoro processissent,Liv. 24, 26, 5.
* To turn out favorably for, to result in favor of, to benefit, be of use to one: totidem dies emptori procedent,Cato, R. R. 148: benefacta mea reipublicae procedunt,Sall. J. 85, 5; Ov. H. 9, 109.
* To be effectual: venenum non processerat,Tac. A. 15, 60: medicina processit,Col. 6, 6, 4.

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