Suc*ceed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub
under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed:
cf. F. succéder. See Cede, and cf.
Success.] 1. 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.
Spenser.
2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. &
R.] Shak.
3. To come after; to be subsequent or
consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
Destructive effects . . . succeeded the
curse.
Sir T. Browne.
4. To support; to prosper; to promote.
[R.]
Succeed my wish and second my
design.
Dryden.
Suc*ceed", v. i. 1.
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.
Sir M.
Hale.
Enjoy till I return
Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed!
Milton.
2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after
the removal the death of the occupant.
No woman shall succeed in Salique
land.
Shak.
3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in
the same family; to devolve. Shak.
4. 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.
Dryden.
Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but
neither will it succeed in English.
Dryden.
5. To go under cover. [A latinism.
Obs.]
Will you to the cooler cave
succeed!
Dryden.
Syn. -- To follow; pursue. See Follow.
Suc*ceed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub
under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed:
cf. F. succéder. See Cede, and cf.
Success.] 1. 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.
Spenser.
2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. &
R.] Shak.
3. To come after; to be subsequent or
consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
Destructive effects . . . succeeded the
curse.
Sir T. Browne.
4. To support; to prosper; to promote.
[R.]
Succeed my wish and second my
design.
Dryden.
Suc*ceed", v. i. 1.
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.
Sir M.
Hale.
Enjoy till I return
Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed!
Milton.
2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after
the removal the death of the occupant.
No woman shall succeed in Salique
land.
Shak.
3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in
the same family; to devolve. Shak.
4. 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.
Dryden.
Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but
neither will it succeed in English.
Dryden.
5. To go under cover. [A latinism.
Obs.]
Will you to the cooler cave
succeed!
Dryden.
Syn. -- To follow; pursue. See Follow.
