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noun

Success n.

Act of succeeding; succession. (Obs.) "Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success."

That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort. "Men... that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success." "Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The tempter stood."

The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. "Dream of success and happy victory!" "Or teach with more success her son The vices of the time to shun." "Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people."

That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Success'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Success" Quotes from Famous Books

... modest ingenuity be allowed only to imitators and to thieves? How many a prefatory argument issues virtually in this! It is not deference to merit, but impudent pretence, practising on the credulity of ignorance! Commonness alone exempts it from scrutiny, and the success it has, is but the wages of its own worthlessness! To read and be informed, is to make a proper use of books for the advancement of learning; but to assume to be an author by editing mere commonplaces and stolen criticisms, is equally beneath ...

— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

... of his success was due to the Lady Richanda," observed Ricky. "She sailed with him dressed in man's clothes. Remember that miniature of her that we saw in New York, the one in the museum? All the 'Black' Ralestones are supposed to look like ...

— Ralestone Luck • Andre Norton

... and on occasions when their services were used for purposes apart from their ordinary duties. In this way the Chapel Royal is closely connected with the rise of the English drama. Edwards wrote light pieces for the children to act before Her Majesty, and, encouraged by success, fell to composing set comedies, which were also performed by the boys, under his instructions, in ...

— The Customs of Old England • F. J. Snell

... his line of vision. He could tell all about those thoughts,—how large each was, what complexion they had, how they stood in order with each other, and how they compared with other thoughts which he remembered having seen before. Such a mind might have achieved success among the technicalities of the law, but nowhere else, had not the "Edinburgh Review" been created. Jeffrey's critical articles have little value when regarded according to their aim and as integral compositions; ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, Issue 17, March, 1859 • Various

... have been endured, by the aid of fasting and prayer, but her neatness, her economy, and her forehandedness made a combination that only the grace of God could have abided with comfortably, so that Jerry Todd's comparative success is a matter of local tradition. Punctuality is a praiseworthy virtue enough, but as the years went on, Mrs. Todd blew her breakfast horn at so early an hour that the neighbors were in some doubt as to whether it might not herald the supper ...

— The Village Watch-Tower • (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin

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