Definition of succeed

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Succeed (v. i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve..

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Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..
Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit..
Following :: Following (a.) Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
After :: After (a.) Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life..
Succeedant :: Succeed (v. i.) To go under cover.
Come :: Come (v. t.) To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here..
Youth :: Youth (n.) The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood..
Success :: Success (n.) Act of succeeding; succession.
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election..
Megrim :: Megrim (n.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
Incomer :: Incomer (n.) One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc..
Succeed :: Succeeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Succee.
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..
Succeeder :: Succeedant (a.) Succeeding one another; following.
Heir :: Heir (n.) One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter..
Subalternate :: Subalternate (a.) Succeeding by turns; successive.
Do :: Do (v. i.) To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do..
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