Emily Dickinson Lexicon

process (-es), n. [ME < Fr. < L. prōcess-us, advance, progress, process, lapse of time; see proceed, v.] (webplay: actions, bright, cause, day, decay, design, formal, funeral, God, gradual, growth, heart, man, produce, sun, time, wise).

1. Phenomenon; development; evolution; cycle; pattern; progression; series of events; growth; ripening; maturing.
2. Course; passage. (925/841)
3. [Fig.] errand; task; work; action; experiment; design.
4. [Fig.] existence; occurrence; presence; being.