sue

v., sued, su·ing, sues.

v.tr.

1. Law.
   1. To petition (a court) for redress of grievances or recovery of a right.
   2. To institute proceedings against (a person) for redress of grievances.
   3. To carry (an action) through to a final decision.
2. To court; woo.
3. Obsolete. To make a petition to; appeal to; beseech.

v.intr.

1. Law. To institute legal proceedings; bring suit.
2. To make an appeal or entreaty: "I sue for grace, and thou deny'st me" (Francis Quarles).
3. To pay court; woo.

[Middle English sewen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, to follow, from Latin sequī.]

suer su'er n.

verb

1. To institute or subject to legal proceedings: law, litigate, prosecute. Idioms: bring suit. See law.
2. To make an earnest or urgent request: appeal, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, plead, pray, supplicate. Archaic conjure. See ask/answer.
3. To make application to a higher authority, as to a court of law: petition. Law appeal. See law.
4. To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of: address, appeal, apply, approach, petition. See request.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To initiate a lawsuit or continue a legal proceeding for the recovery of a right; to prosecute, assert a legal claim, or bring action against a particular party.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
  Synonyms: litigate, process

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sagsøge, stævne, ansøge, anlægge sag, bede
v. intr. - anlægge sag

Nederlands (Dutch)
een proces aandoen, vervolgen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Jur) intenter un procès à
v. intr. - (Jur) intenter un procès

Deutsch (German)
v. - verklagen, klagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (νομ.) ενάγω, εξαιτούμαι

Italiano (Italian)
citare in giudizio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - processar

Русский (Russian)
преследовать судебным порядком, предъявлять иск, просить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - poner pleito, demandar, cortejar, entablar acción, pedir, rogar, solicitar, instar, hacer la corte, pretender
v. intr. - poner pleito, demandar, cortejar, entablar acción, pedir, rogar, solicitar, instar, hacer la corte, pretender

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stämma, åtala, lagsöka, bedja, inleda process, processa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
控告, 请愿, 向...请求, 提出诉讼, 提出请求

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 控告, 請願, 向...請求
v. intr. - 提出訴訟, 提出請求

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 고소하다, 구애하다, ~에게 간청하다
v. intr. - (소송을) 제기하다, 고소하다, 간청하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 訴える, 告訴する, 訴訟を起こす
n. - スー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقاضي , يغازل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תבע, הגיש תביעה משפטית, הגיש בקשה לחנינה או צו משפטי והשיג אותם‬
v. intr. - ‮הגיש בקשה לתיקון עיוות משפטי, התחנן‬

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