proceed

verb8

1. •
   to move ahead or keep going

   • [...] and on the Saturday heavy seas pounded the W.R. on its exposed coastal stretch between Dawlish and Teignmouth, loosening the ballast and forcing trains to proceed with extreme caution. — 1960
2. •
   To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.

   • Work is proceeding at a steady gait.
3. •
   To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically.
4. •
   To begin and carry on a legal process.

   • “Gentlemen, shall we proceed?” the judge said. From the beginning, Judge Fong appeared bored at Levine's coaxing remarks. — 2005
5. •
   To come from; to have as its source or origin.

   • Light proceeds from the sun.
6. •
   To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

   • And he will (after his sowre fashion) tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to day. — 1599
7. •
   To be applicable or effective; to be valid.

   • For it [this rule] only proceeds and takes place, when a Person cannot of common Right condemn or bind another by his Sentence; […] — 1726
8. •
   To take an academic degree.