Definition of succeed

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Succeed (v. i.) 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..

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Incoming :: Incoming (a.) Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To support; to prosper; to promote.
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..
Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit..
Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To prevail; to succeed.
After :: After (a.) Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life..
Sequent :: Sequent (a.) Following; succeeding; in continuance.
Posterity :: Posterity (n.) Succeeding generations; future times.
Second :: Second (a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
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..
Succession :: Succession (n.) The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters..
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..
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..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) 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..
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..
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..
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..
Come :: Come (v. t.) To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Escheatage :: Escheatage (n.) The right of succeeding to an escheat.
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