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Succeed

Suc-ceed′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUCCEEDED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUCCEEDING.] [Lat. succedere, successum, from prefix sub, under, and cedere, to go, to go along, to go from; Fr. succéder, Pr. succedir, Pg. succedir, Sp. succeder, It. succedere.]

Sense 1. To follow in order; to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.

Sense 2. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent; to follow; to pursue.

Those destructive effects succeeded the curse. Browne.

Sense 3. To prosper; to make successful. [Rare.]

Succeed my wish and second my design. Dryden.

Synonyms—To follow; pursue. See FOLLOW.

Suc-ceed’, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To come next in order. Not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. Shak.

Sense 2. To come in the place of another; to follow afterward. Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed. Milton. Revenge succeeds to love, and rage to grief. Dryden.

Sense 3. Hence, to ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.

Sense 4. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous termination. It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition. Dryden.

Sense 5. To be acceptable; to be received with general favor. Spenser endeavored it [imitation] in the Shepherd’s Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English. Dryden.

Sense 6. To go under cover. [Obs.] Or will you to the cooler cave succeed. Dryden.