processed

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process1 /ˈprəʊsɛs/

▶noun

• 1 a series of actions or steps towards achieving a particular end.

  ■ a natural series of changes.

• 2 Law a summons to appear in court.

• 3 Biology & Anatomy a natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism.

• 4 [as modifier] Printing relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colours (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black.

▶verb perform a series of operations to change or preserve.

■ Computing operate on (data) by means of a program.

■ deal with, using an established procedure.

– derivatives
processable adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. proces, from L. processus ‘progression, course’, from procedere (see proceed).

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process2 /prəˈsɛs/

▶verb walk in procession.

– origin C19: back-form. from procession.