Definition of succession

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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..

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Settle :: Settle (n.) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance..
Interchange :: Interchange (n.) Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
Continuation :: Continuation (n.) That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
Scale :: Scale (n.) Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being..
Dynasty :: Dynasty (n.) A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..
Vicissitude :: Vicissitude (n.) Regular change or succession from one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
Successionist :: Successional (a.) Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive.
Course :: Course (n.) A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry..
Continually :: Continually (adv.) In regular or repeated succession; very often.
Clack :: Clack (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object..
Hook :: Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession.
Interchangeable :: Interchangeable (a.) Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons..
Seasonless :: Seasonless (a.) Without succession of the seasons.
Map :: Map (n.) Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map..
Demise :: Demise (v. t.) To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
Era :: Era (n.) A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian)..
Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events..
Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum..
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