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prō-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., 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.—

In partic.

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.—

Of processions, to go on, set forward, move on, advance, etc.:

funus interim Procedit: sequimur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; Hor. C. 4, 2, 49:

tacito procedens agmine,

Sil. 7, 91:

vidisti Latios consul procedere fasces,

id. 6, 443.—

Transf.

To go or come forth or out, to advance, issue:

foribus foras procedere,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 12:

castris,

Verg. A. 12, 169:

extra munitiones,

Caes. B. G 5, 43:

in medium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94:

e tabernaculo in solem,

id. Brut. 9, 37:

in pedes procedere nascentem, contra naturam est,

to be born feet first, Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

mediā procedit ab aulā,

Ov. M. 14, 46.—

In gen., to show one's self, to appear:

cum veste purpureā procedere,

Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119:

obviam alicui procedere,

to go towards, go to meet, id. Sest. 13, 68; cf.:

Jugurthae obvius procedit,

Sall. J. 21, 1:

obviam,

id. ib. 53, 5:

procedat vel Numa,

Juv. 3, 138.—

In partic., to issue from the mouth, to be uttered:

sed interdum voces procedebant contumaces et inconsultae,

Tac. A. 4, 60 init.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 36.—

Of stars, etc., to rise, come into view:

Ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum,

Verg. E. 9, 47:

vesper,

id. ib. 6, 86.—

Of the moon, to wax, increase, Pall. 7, 3.—

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.—

Trop.

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 lakônismon tuum:

altera jam pagella procedit,

Cic. Fam. 11, 25, 2.—

To [p. 1451] turn 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.—

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.

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