Definition of sues Sues

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Noun
sue - French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
		Eugene Sue

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sue (Verb)
To follow.
sue (Verb)
To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
sue (Verb)
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
sue (Verb)
To court.

sue (v. t.)
To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
sue (v. t.)
To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
sue (v. t.)
To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.
sue (v. t.)
To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
sue (v. t.)
To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
sue (v. i.)
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
sue (v. i.)
To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
sue (v. i.)
To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
sue (v. i.)
To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.

sue
sū, v.t. to prosecute at law: to seek after, to try to win.—v.i. to make legal claim: to make application: to entreat: to demand (with for).—Sued, (naut.) to be left high and dry.—n. Sū′ing, the act of bringing a legal suit: wooing.—Sue out, to petition for and take out. [M. E. suen—O. Fr. sevre, suir (Fr. suivre)—L. sequi, secutus, to follow.]

dinosaur
"Sue", specimen ID FMNH PR2081, is the largest, most extensive and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found. It was discovered in the summer of 1990 by Sue Hendrickson, a paleontologist, and was named after her. It is not known if the dinosaur was male or female.

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