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What is the verb for procedure?

What's the verb for procedure? Here's the word you're looking for.

proceed
  1. (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
  2. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
  3. (intransitive) To come from (have as the source or origin)
  4. (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically
  5. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
  6. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
  7. (law, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “You may proceed past the barrier once your ticket has been validated.”
      “So, too, I would like to proceed from the ashes of that terrible day when forgiveness seemed impossible.”
      “The managers will be meeting to discuss if the company will proceed with the proposed marketing strategy.”
proceeds
proceeding
proceedeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of proceed
  2. Examples:
    1. “The fluxion proceedeth humours peccant in quantity or quality, thrust forth by the part mittent upon the inferior weak parts.”
      “The even carriage between two factions, proceedeth not always of moderation, but of a trueness to a man's self, with end to make use of both.”
proceedest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of proceed
proceeded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of proceed
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The first half proceeded at a rapid pace, as momentum switched hands numerous times.”
      “As we proceeded to Shillong by road the drive from Delhi was an extremely pleasant one.”
      “The multivocal analysis process for the PLTL dataset proceeded in two major phases, each discussed separately in this chapter.”
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