Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Proceed, 1) to go forth, to issue, to come from: “his eye drops fire, no water thence --s,” Lucr. 1552. “such childish humour from weak minds --s,” Lucr. 1552 “showing their birth and where they did p.” Sonn. 76, 8. “and thence this slander --s,” 131, 14. “from lowest place when virtuous things p.” All's II, 3, 132. H4B IV, 1, 148. H6A V, 4, 152. R3 I, 3, 28. H8 II, 3, 78. Cor. I, 1, 157. Tit. IV, 4, 52. Mcb. II, 1, 39. Hence == to arise, to be caused: “little faults, --ing on distemper,” H5 II, 2, 54. “I pray his absence p. by swallowing that,” Cymb. III, 5, 58.
2) to advance, to go on, to take one's course: “and doth so far p., that what is vile shows like a virtuous deed,” Lucr. 251. “might but my bending down reprieve thee from thy fate, it should p.” Meas. III, 1, 145. “if thou p. as high as word, my deed shall match thy meed,” All's II, 1, 212. “--ed further, cut me off the heads . . .,” H4A IV, 3, 85. H6B IV, 4, 35. H8 II, 4, 90. Cor. I, 1, 1. Mcb. I, 7, 31. Cymb. I, 5, 15. Singular passage: “hadst thou like us . . . --ed the sweet degrees,” Tim. IV, 3, 252 (the sweet degrees not an object governed by --ed, but an accus. denoting the way made).
3) to go forward, to pass, to be done: “what in time --s may token to the future our past deeds,” All's IV, 2, 62. “where nothing can p. whereof I shall not have intelligence,” R3 III, 2, 23. “he will tell you what hath --ed,” Caes. I, 2, 181.
4) to go on, to continue: Tp. III, 2, 59. Tp. III, 2, 59 Gent. III, 1, 360. Wiv. II, 2, 197. Meas. V, 87. LLL IV, 3, 23. V, 2, 570. Mids. I, 2, 21. Mids. I, 2, 21 V, 260. As III, 2, 252. Shr. IV, 3, 139. Wint. III, 2, 109. Wint. III, 2, 109 H8 I, 2, 17. H8 I, 2, 17 II, 4, 66. Troil. II, 3, 61. Caes. III, 3, 21. Hml. II, 2, 487. Cymb. II, 4, 66. V, 5, 42. With in: “p. in practice with my younger daughter,” Shr. II, 165. “if thou p. in this thy insolence,” H6A I, 3, 37. V, 4, 162. Oth. IV, 1, 267.
5) to go to work, to act: “muse not that I thus suddenly p.” Gent. I, 3, 64. “when you have seen more, p. accordingly,” Ado III, 2, 125. “--ed well, to stop all good --ing,” LLL I, 1, 95. “O, some authority how to p.” IV, 3, 287. “p., p.” As III, 3, 72. V, 4, 203. Wint. V, 3, 97. “the Venetian law cannot impugn you as you do p.” Merch. IV, 1, 179. All's V, 3, 236. Wint. III, 2, 6. R2 IV, 156. H5 I, 2, 9. H6B I, 3, 152. R3 III, 5, 48. H8 II, 4, 5. H8 II, 4, 5 V, 1, 108. Cor. I, 2, 3. II, 2, 85. III, 1, 314. III, 1, 314 V, 6, 16. Caes. III, 1, 183. Hml. V, 2, 27. Lr. IV, 7, 19. Ant. III, 9, 4. V, 1, 75. Cymb. II, 4, 55. to p. against == to take measures, to go to work against: H6B III, 2, 20. Cor. I, 1, 26. Hml. IV, 7, 6. Lr. 1, 2, 1, 2 with in the same sense: “from thence, by cold gradation and weal-balanced form, we shall p. with Angelo,” Meas. IV, 3, 105. to p. in == to set about: “which I was much unwilling to p. in,” Gent. II, 1, 112. “that I may p. in my speech,” Tw. I, 5, 193. With an inf.: “p. to procure my fall,” Err. I, 1, 1. “orderly p. to swear him,” R2 I, 3, 9. “that thus you should p. to put me off,” H8 II, 4, 21. With to: “we have with a leavened and prepared choice --ed to you,” Meas. I, 1, 53 (== chosen you). “p. to judgment,” Merch. IV, 1, 240. “p. thus rashly to the villain's death,” R3 III, 5, 43. Cor. III, 1, 219. Oth. I, 3, 220. V, 2, 138. Per. I, 1, 113.