Definition of succession

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Succession (n.) An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.

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Successional :: Succession (n.) The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir.
Step :: Step (a.) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession..
Proliferation :: Proliferation (n.) The production of numerous zooids by budding, especially when buds arise from other buds in succession..
Stratocracy :: Stratigraphy (n.) That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..
Continuance :: Continuance (n.) Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed..
Develop :: Develop (v. t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind..
Distance :: Distance (n.) Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily..
Drill :: Drill (n.) An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press..
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring..
Suint :: Suingly (adv.) In succession; afterwards.
Clack :: Clack (v. t.) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click..
Round :: Round (n.) Rotation, as in office; succession..
Continual :: Continual (a.) Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
Subsellia :: Subsecutive (a.) Following in a train or succession.
Devolve :: Devolve (v. i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank..
Series :: Series (n.) A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events..
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