Definition of succeed

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Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

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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..
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..
Achieve :: Achieve (v. t.) To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win..
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.
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
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..
Desudation :: Desudation (n.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples..
Series :: Series (n.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series..
After :: After (a.) Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life..
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..
Sequel :: Sequel (n.) That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history..
Rustle :: Rustle (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
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..
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..
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..
Hit :: Hit (v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck..
Succentor :: Succeeding (n.) The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence..
Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To prevail; to succeed.
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