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Incomer :: Incomer (n.) One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc..

Sequel :: Sequel (n.) That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history..

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).

H :: H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch

Recover :: Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit..

Cotton :: Cotton (v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed.

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..

Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.

Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..

Schema :: Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect..

Prove :: Prove (v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected.

Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To prevail; to succeed.

Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office..

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..

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

Afterpains :: Afterpains (n. pl.) The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth..

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown..

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..

Following :: Following (a.) Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day..

Posterity :: Posterity (n.) Succeeding generations; future times.

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