Succeed Synonyms & Definitions

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• SucceedDefinition & Meaning in English

(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.
(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.
(v. t.) To support; to prosper; to promote.
(v. t.) To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
(v. i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
(v. t.) To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the kings eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
(v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
(v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.
(v. i.) To go under cover.

• SucceederDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) A successor.

• SucceedingDefinition & Meaning in English

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Succeed
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence.

• SucceedantDefinition & Meaning in English

(a.) Succeeding one another; following.