Sue
verb (used with object), sued, suing.
1.
to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against:
to sue someone for damages.
2.
to woo or court.
3.
Obsolete. to make petition or appeal to.
verb (used without object), sued, suing.
4.
to institute legal proceedings, or bring suit:
She threatened to sue.
5.
to make petition or appeal:
to sue for peace.
6.
to court a woman.
Verb phrases
7.
sue out, to make application for or apply for and obtain (a writ or the like) from a court of law.
noun
1.
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
2.
a female given name, form of Susan, Susanna, Susannah.
verb sues, suing, sued
1.
to institute legal proceedings (against)
2.
to make suppliant requests of (someone for something)
3.
(archaic) to pay court (to)
noun
1.
Eugène (øʒɛn). original name Marie-Joseph Sue. 1804–57, French novelist, whose works, notably Les mystères de Paris (1842–43) and Le juif errant (1844–45), were among the first to reflect the impact of the industrial revolution on France
The system language used to write an operating system for the IBM 360. It is a cross between Pascal and XPL. It allows type checked separate compilation of internal procedures using a program library.
[“The System Language for Project Sue”, B.L. Clark e al, SIGPLAN Notices 6(9):79-88 (Oct 1971)].
(1994-12-01)
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