Sue

Pronunciation

• IPA: /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Origin

From Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al., Old French sivre ("follow after") ( >

French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere ("follow"), from Latin sequi.

Full definition of sue

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To follow.
• 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:though oft looking backward, well she vewd,
  Her selfe freed from that foster insolent,
  And that it was a knight, which now her sewd,
  Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.
2. (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
3. (transitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
4. (falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
5. (nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.to sue a ship
6. (obsolete, transitive) To court.

Derived terms

• sue for peace

Related terms

• ensue
• suit

Anagrams

• SEU
• use