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    sue
    sue /sjuː $ suː/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
     Date: 1100-1200
     Language: Anglo-French
     Origin: suer 'to follow, make a legal claim to', from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequi; ⇨ sequence
    1. to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have harmed you in some way:
        If the builders don’t fulfil their side of the contract, we’ll sue.
        The company is suing a former employee.
        sue (somebody) for libel/defamation/negligence/slander etc
        Miss James could not afford to sue for libel.
        She was suing doctors for negligence over the loss of her child.
        The railway may sue for damages (=in order to get money) because of loss of revenue.
        He is being sued for divorce (=in order to end a marriage) by his wife.
    2. sue for peace formal if a country or army sues for peace, they ask for peace, especially because there is no other good choice:
        They had hoped to force the North to sue for peace.