Succeed

suk-sed', v. To follow in order, take the place of to come after, be subsequent or consequent, follow, pursue, — v. To come next in order to come in the place of another to ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant; to obtain the object desired, have a prosperous termination to be received with general favor. [F. succeder, L. succet/ere, -ce um, sub and cedere, to go, go along.]— Succeed'er, n. One who succeeds; one who follows or comes in the place of another; a succe or. — Succe ', n. Act of succeeding, or state of having succeeded; favorable termination of anything attempted; prosperous i ue. [OF. succes, L. succe us.] — Succe 'ful, -ful, a. Resulting in, a uring, or promotive of succe accomplisning what was proposed; happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. — Succe fully, adv. — Succe '- fulne , n. — Succe ion, -sesh'un, n. Act of succeeding; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; a series of persons or things according to some established rule oi precedence; an order of descendants; lineage; race; power or right of acceding to the station or title of a father, or other predece or; the right to enter upon the po e ion of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or preceding in an established order. [F. L. succe io.] — Succes's ional, a. Pert, to, or existing in, a regular order or succe ion; consecutive. — Succe ive, a. Following in order or uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval. [F. succe*- L. succe ivus.] — Succe ively, adv. In a succe ive manner; in a series or order. — Succe ivene , n. — Succe or., n. One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place and part which another has left.— Suc'ceda'neo us, -ne-us, a. Pert, to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else. [L. succedaneum. — Suc'ceda'neum, n. pi. -sea, -ne-a. That which used for something else; a substitute. [L., neut. of succedaneus.]