to make suppliant requests of (someone for something)
3. archaic
to pay court (to)
Derived forms
suer (ˈsuer)
noun
Word origin
C13: via Anglo-Norman from Old French sivre, from Latin sequī to follow
Word Frequency
Sue
(French sy)
noun
Eugène (øʒɛn). original name Marie-Joseph Sue. 1804–57, French novelist, whose works, notably Les mystè res de Paris (1842–43) and Le juif errant (1844–45), were among the first to reflect the impact of the industrial revolution on France