Main Entry:

²process

Function:

transitive verb

Date:

1532

1 a: to proceed against by law : prosecute b (1): to take out a summons against (2): to serve a summons on2 a: to subject to a special process or treatment (as in the course of manufacture or film development) b (1): to subject to or handle through an established usually routine set of procedures <process insurance claims> (2): to integrate sensory information received so that an action or response is generated <the brain processes visual images relayed from the retina> (3): to subject to examination or analysis <computers process data> c: to work (hair) into a conk