Definition of succeed

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Succeed (v. t.) 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..

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Prove :: Prove (v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected.
Coronation :: Coronation (n.) The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty..
Incomer :: Incomer (n.) One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc..
Alternate :: Alternate (v. i.) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other..
Ulterior :: Ulterior (a.) Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain..
Succiduous :: Successor (n.) One 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..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.
Superinspect :: Superinjection (n.) An injection succeeding another.
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Desudation :: Desudation (n.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples..
Childe :: Childe (n.) A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland..
Success :: Success (n.) Act of succeeding; succession.
Succeed :: Succeeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Succee.
Succedaneum :: Succedaneum (n.) One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute.
Rhyme :: Rhyme (n.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any..
Birthnight :: Birthnight (n.) The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) 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..
Succeeder :: Succeedant (a.) Succeeding one another; following.
Sequent :: Sequent (a.) Following; succeeding; in continuance.
Rustle :: Rustle (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
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