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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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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.…Sŭck, n. p. 1321The act of drawing with the mouth. 2. Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth. 3. Juice; succulence. [Obs.] Ward.Sŭck, n. p. 1321Succulence; juice. [Obs.]Sŭck'er, n. p. 1321One who, or that which, sucks or draws with the mouth. 2. A suckling. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 3. A parasite; a sponger. [Obs.] They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap…