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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sūc'cādes, n. pl. p. 1320Candied fruits, or those preserved in sirup; sweetmeats. [Obs. and rare.] De Foe.Sŭc'ce-dāne, n. p. 1320A succedaneum. [Obs.] Holland.Sŭc'ce-dā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 1320Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute.Sŭc'ce-dā'ne-ŭm, n. p. 1320One who succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute. In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. H. Walpole.Suc-ceed′, v. t. p. 1320To follow in order; to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne. 2. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent; to follow; to pursue. Those destructive…Suc-ceed’, v. i. p. 1320To come next in order. Not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. Shak. 2. To come in the place of another; to follow afterward. Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are…Suc-ceed'ant, a. p. 1320(Her.) Succeeding one another; following.Suc-ceed'er, n. p. 1320One who succeeds; one who follows or comes in the place of another; a successor. [Rare.]Suc-cĕn′tor, n. p. 1320(Mus.) A person who sings the base in a concert.Sŭc'cen-tū'ri-āte, v. t. or i. p. 1320To receive recruits, or as recruits; to supply soldiers for the missing; to recruit. [Obs. or rare.]Suc-cĕss’, n. p. 1320The act of succeeding, or the state of having succeeded; the favorable or prosperous termination of any thing attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. “Dreams of success and…Sŭc'ces-sa-ry, n. p. 1320Succession. [Obs.] “Honors not derived from successary.” Beau. & Fl.Suc-cess'ful, a. p. 1320Resulting in, assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful application of medicine; a…Suc-cĕss'ful-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successful manner; with a favorable termination of what is attempted; prosperously; favorably. “A reformation successfully carried on.” Swift.Suc-cĕss'ful-ness, n. p. 1320The condition of being successful; prosperous conclusion; favorable event; success.Suc-çĕs'sion, n. p. 1320The act of succeeding or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; consecution; sequence. 2. A series of persons or things according to…Suc-çĕs'sion-al, a. p. 1320Pertaining to, or existing in, a regular order, or succession; consecutive. “Successional teeth.” R. Owen.Suc-çĕs'sion-al-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successional manner.Suc-çĕs'sion-ĭst, n. p. 1320A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, and the like; especially, one who regards only that priesthood as valid which can be traced in a direct line of…Suc-çĕs'sive, a. p. 1320Following in order or uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; as, the successive revolutions of years or ages; the successive kings of Egypt. Send the successive ills…Suc-çĕs'sive-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successive manner; in a series or order. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Newton. 2. Successfully; hence, fully; completely; entirely. [Obs.]Suc-çĕs'sive-ness, n. p. 1320The state of being successive.Suc-çĕss'less, a. p. 1320Having no success; unprosperous; unfortunate; failing to accomplish what was intended. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. Best tempered steel successless proved in field. Philips.Suc-çĕss'less-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successless manner; without success.Suc-çĕss'less-ness, n. p. 1320The state or quality of being successless; unprosperous conclusion. [Rare.]Suc-çĕs'sor, n. p. 1320One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character;—correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. A gift to a…Suc-çid'ū-oŭs, a. p. 1320Ready to fall; falling. [Rare.]Suc-çĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1320Producing or conveying sap.Sŭc'çi-nate, n. p. 1320(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of succinic acid and a base.Sŭc'çi-nā'ted, a. p. 1320(Chem.) Combined with, or containing, succinic acid.Suc-çĭnct', a. p. 1320Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. [Rare.] His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; short; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and…Suc-çĭnct'ly, adv. p. 1320In a succinct manner; briefly; concisely; as, the facts were succinctly stated.Suc-çĭnct'ness, n. p. 1320The state or quality of being succinct; brevity; conciseness; as, the succinctness of a narration.Suc-cin'ic, a. p. 1321(Chem.) Of, or pertaining to, amber; drawn from amber; as, succinic acid.Sŭc'çi-nite, n. p. 1321(Min.) A garnet of an amber color. Dana.Sŭc'çi-nōus, a. p. 1321Of, pertaining to, or resembling, amber.Suc-ci'sion, n. p. 1321The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off. [Obs.] Bacon.Sŭc'cor, v. t. p. 1321To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; as, to succor a besieged city. [Written also succour.] He is able…Sŭc'cor, n. p. 1321Aid; help; assistance; especially, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. My father Flying for succor to his servant Bannister. Shak. 2. The person or thing that…Sŭc'cor-a-ble, a. p. 1321Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.Sŭc'cor-er, n. p. 1321One who affords succor; a helper; a deliverer.Sŭc'cor-less, a. p. 1321Destitute of succor; helpless; without relief. Thomson.Sŭe'co-ry, n. p. 1321(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cichorium; chiccory. See CHICCORY.Sŭc'co-tāsh, n. p. 1321Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish, as well as the name, is borrowed from the native Indians. [U. S.]Sŭc'cu-bā, n. p. 1321A kind of pretended female demon or phantom. Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that some succubæ call. Mirror for Mag.Sĭe'en-bĭs, n. p. 1321A pretended demon; succuba. “A church-yard carcass raised and set a strutting by the inflation of some hellish succubus within.” Warburton. 2. (Med.) (a.) Nightmare. (b.) An imaginary female with…Sŭe'eu-lā, n. p. 1321(Mach.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.Sŭc'cu-lence or Sŭc'cu-len-cy, n. p. 1321The condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach.Sŭc'cu-lent, a. p. 1321Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants, such as have a juicy and soft stem, as distinguished from such as are ligneous, hard, and dry, as the grasses, peas, beans, and the like.Sŭc'cu-lent-ly, adv. p. 1321In a succulent manner; juicily.Suc'cu-lous, a. p. 1321Succulent. See SUCCULENT.Suc-cŭmb’, v. i. p. 1321To yield; to submit; to sink unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities.Sue-cŭr'sal, a. p. 1321Associated and tributary; dependent. [Rare.] Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman.Sŭc'cus-sā'tion, n. p. 1321A trot or trotting. [Rare.] Browne. 2. A shaking; succussion.Suc-cŭs'sion, n. p. 1321The act of shaking; a shake. 2. (Med.) A mode of ascertaining the existence of a liquid in the thorax, by shaking the body.Suc-cŭs'sive, a. p. 1321Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the successive motion in earthquakes. Dana.Sŭch, a. p. 1321Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day;—followed by as before the thing to which it relates; as, give your children such precepts as tend to make them…Sŭch'-wīze, adv. p. 1321In such a manner; so. [Obs.]Sŭck, v. t. p. 1321To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which serves to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the…Sŭck, v. i. p. 1321To draw by causing a vacuum, as with the mouth, or through a tube. Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shak. 2. To draw the breast; as, a child or the young of an animal is first nourished by sucking.…