sue

sue is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo. For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. Chaucer. I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. Spenser. Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. Tennyson.

[2] To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.

[3] To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.

[4] To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.

[5] To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship. R. H. Dana, Jr. To sue out (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal.