processes

1. n a particular course of action intended to achieve a result n (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents n a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant n a mental process that you are not directly aware of n a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant n a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states v subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition v deal with in a routine way v perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information v institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against v march in a procession v shape, form, or improve a material v deliver a warrant or summons to someone Source: ecdict

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