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The polite verb for 'I'm doing this whether you approve or not.'
means To go forward with an action or process, especially after a pause, decision, or permission.
from From Latin procedere — 'pro' (forward) plus 'cedere' (to go or yield) — the same 'cedere' that gives us 'cede' and 'concede'. It came into English through Old French 'proceder' around the 14th century, originally carrying the sense of issuing forth or advancing in a line, before settling into its modern bureaucratic calm.
- legal flavor
- favored word in contracts and court orders
- etymology
- from Latin procedere, to go forward
- passive aggression
- often precedes consequences you were warned about