sue
Noun
- French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
Verb
Verb Forms: sued, suing, sues
- To institute legal proceedings against another party.
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
- To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
- To clean (the beak, etc.).
- To leave high and dry on shore.
- To court.
- To follow.
Examples
- He threatened to SUE the dictionary publisher if ’ZORB’ wasn’t a valid Scrabble word.
- I plan to sue you for everything you have.
- sue someone for selling a faulty product
- to sue a ship
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English seuen, sewen, siwen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suer, siwer et al. and Old French sivre (“to follow after”) (modern French suivre), from Vulgar Latin *sequere (“to follow”), from Latin sequi. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir. Doublet of segue. Related to suit.
Scrabble Score: 3
sue: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsue: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sue: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 4
sue: valid Words With Friends Word