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***	proceeding
	SYLLABICATION: pro7ceed7ing
	PRONUNCIATION:   pr-sdng, pr-
	NOUN:
	1.  A course of action; a procedure.
	2.  proceedings   A sequence of events occurring at a particular place or
occasion: hectic proceedings in the kitchen. 	3.  proceedings   A record of
business carried on by a society or other organization; minutes.
	4.  Law
		a. Legal action; litigation. Often used in the plural.
		b. The instituting or conducting of legal action.

***	pro7ceed
	intr.v. pro7ceed7ed, pro7ceed7ing, pro7ceeds
	1.  To go forward or onward, especially after an interruption; continue:
proceeded to his destination; paused to clear her throat, then proceeded.
	2.  To begin to carry on an action or a process: looked surprised, then
proceeded to roar with laughter.
	3.  To move on in an orderly manner: Business proceeded as usual.
	4.  To come from a source; originate or issue: behavior proceeding from
hidden motives.
	5.  Law. To institute and conduct legal action: proceeded against the
defaulting debtor.

Perhaps a better dictionary has a definition of "proceeding" that means what
Ron J intends for it to mean in his post, but none of the definitions that
the American Heritage provides means "comes before".

If you look at the root definitions ("proceed"), I guess #4 could be
interpreted to mean "E34 originated from the E28", but "origination",
"issue" or "come from a source" does not necessarily mean "came before" --
after all, winter comes after summer but does not "originate/issue/come
from" summer.

Bah, too much free time.

vty,

- --Dennis



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