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verb

Succeed v. t. (past & past part. succeeded; pres. part. succeeding)

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer. "As he saw him nigh succeed."

To fall heir to; to inherit. (Obs. & R.)

To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. "Destructive effects... succeeded the curse."

To support; to prosper; to promote. (R.) "Succeed my wish and second my design."

Succeed v. i.

To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; often with to. "If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership." "Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed!"

Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. "No woman shall succeed in Salique land."

To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded. "It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition." "Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English."

To go under cover. (A latinism. Obs.) "Will you to the cooler cave succeed!"

Synonyms: To follow; pursue. See Follow.

noun

Succeeding n. The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence.

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