Definition of succeed

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Succeed (v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.

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Cue :: Cue (n.) The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword..
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama..
Succeed :: 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..
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against..
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..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.
Sequential :: Sequential (a.) Succeeding or following in order.
Trill :: Trill (v. i.) To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle..
Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve..
Prosper :: Prosper (v. i.) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.
Cheve :: Cheve (v. i.) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise..
Afterward :: Afterward (adv.) At a later or succeeding time.
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
Succeeding :: Succeeder (n.) A successor.
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..
Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster..
Birthday :: Birthday (n.) The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Perseverance :: Perseverance (n.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism..
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