succedentt (suksedent)

[ So maketh to crafte nature a succedent. 6037 4t. To prosper; give succe to. God was pleased so far to succeed their... endeavours that a stop was put to the fury of the fire. Stilling fleet, Sermons, I. i. II. in trans. 1. To follow; be subsequent; come after; come next; come in the place of another or of that which has preceded. Enjoy, till I return, succe ion 2. The termination of any affair, whether happy or (now rarely) unhappy; i ue; result; consequence. Go bid the priests do present sacrifice, And bring me their opinions of succe . Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed. The pure law Of mild equality and peace succeeds To faiths which long have held the world in awe. Shelley, Revolt of Islam, iv. 15. The succeeding Legend has long been an established favourite with all of us. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 70. 2. To become heir; take the place of one who has died; specifically, to ascend a throne after the removal or death of the occupant. No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 39. Rodolph succeeded in the See of Canterbury, but not till five Years after the Death of Anselm. Baker , Chronicles, p. 41. 3. To come down by order of succe ion; descend; devolve. A ring the county wears That downward hath succeeded in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak., All's Well, iii. 7. 23. IMG:content-2408.png:[blocks in formation] swers the purpose intended; prosperous i ue; often, specifically, the gaining of money, position, or other advantage. Or teach with more succe her son The vices of the time to shun. Waller , Epitaph on Sir George Speke. The good humour of a man elated by succe often displays itself towards enemies. Macaulay , Dryden. They follow succe , and not skill. Therefore, as soon as the succe stops and the admirable man blunders, they quit him;. and they transfer the repute of judgment to the next prosperous person who has not yet blundered. Emerson , Fortune of the Republic. Succe in its vulgar sense, the gaining of money and position. O. W. Holmes , Emerson, xi. 4. A succe ful undertaking or attempt; what is done with a favorable result: as, political or military succe es . Could any Soul have imagined that this Isle [Great Britain] would have produc'd such Monsters as to rejoice at the Turks good Succe es against Christians? Howell , Letters, ii. 62. 5. One who or that which succeeds, especially in a way that is public or notorious: as, the speech was a succe ; he is a social succe . [Colloq.] succe antlyt, adv. In succe ion. Shak., Tit. And., iv. 4. 113. succe aryt, n. [ 5. To terminate according to desire; turn out succe fully; have the desired result: as, his [Rare.] plan succeeded admirably. -6t. To descend. Or will you to the cooler cave succeed ? Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, v. 7t. To approach by following. Spenser , F. Q., VI. iv. 8. =Syn. 1. Follow , Succeed , Ensue. See follow . succeed ant (suk-se'dant), a . [ F.succédant , IMG:content-2409.png:[blocks in formation] Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 101. tion. [Rare.] 2. That which follows or results. Such is the mutability of the inconstant Vulgar, desirous of new things but never contented, despising the time being, extolling that of their forefathers, and ready to act any mischief to try by alteration the succedent. E. Fannant (?), Hist. of Edw. II., p. 143. 3. In astrol., a house about to succeed or follow the angular houses. The succedent houses are the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh. Skeat. The lord of the as send ent, sey they,. is fortunate whan he... is in a succedent , whereas he is in his dignite and con forted with frendly aspectys of planetes and wel resceived. Chaucer, Astrolabe, ii. 4.