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sue | sueable |

As a verb sue

is to follow.

As a proper noun Sue

is a diminutive of Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.

As a noun Sue

is a Mary Sue (type of character in fiction).

As an adjective sueable is

that can be sued.

sue

English

Verb

  • To follow.
  • * , Bk.XIII, Ch.iv:
  • And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , 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.
  • (label) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
  • (label) 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.
  • Derived terms

    * sue for peace

    Anagrams

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    sueable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * suable

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That can be sued.
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