successful (suksesful)

[ And welcome, nephews, from succe ful wars. Shak., Tit. And., i. 1. 172. But, besides the tempting profits of an author's night, which. could hardly average le than from three to four hundred pounds, there was nothing to make the town half so fond of a man as a succe ful play. J. Forster, Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith, p. 377. = Syn. Prosperous, etc. (see fortunate ); effectual. succe fully (suk-ses'fül-i), adv. In a succe ful manner; with a favorable termination of what is attempted; prosperously; favorably. succe fulne (suk-ses'fül-nes), n. The character or state of being succe ful; prosperous conclusion; favorable event; succe . succe ion (suk-sesh'on), n. = Sp. sucesion = Pg.succe ão = It. succe i one, [ succe ion Another idea. is. constantly offered us by what pa es in our own minds; and that is the idea of succe ion. For if we look immediately into ourselves, and reflect on what is observable there, we shall find our ideas always pa ing in train, one going and another coming without intermi ion. Locke, Human Understanding, II. vii. 9. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, ii. 5. The succe ion of his ideas was now rapid. The leaves of "evergreens".. are not cast off until the appearance of a new succe ion . W. B. Carpenter, in Grove's Corr. of Forces, p. 418. The succe ion of certain strong emotions pa ed through yesterday is easier to recall than the emotions themselves. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 105. 2. The act or right of succeeding to the place, proper dignity, functions, or rights of another; the act or right of succeeding or coming to an inheritance; the act or right of entering upon an office, rank, etc., held by another: as, he holds the property by the title of succe ion; also, a line of persons so succeeding. Slander lives upon succe ion, For ever housed where it gets po e ion. Shak., C. of E., iii. 1. 105. Especially - (a) The act of succeeding under established custom or law to the dignity and rights of a sovereign; also, a line of sovereigns thus following one another. King Richard being dead, the Right of Succe ion re- mained in Arthur, Son of Geoffery Plantage net. Baker , Chronicles, p. 68. succe ion These 2 Kings they have at present are not any way related in their Descent or Families, nor could I learn how long their Government has continued in the present form; but it appears to have been for some succe ions . Dampier , Voyages, II. i. 67. This hereditary right should be kept so sacred as never to break the succe ion . Swift , Sentiments of a Ch. of Eng. Man, ii. Although their [the Beauforts'] legitimation by pope and parliament was complete, they were excluded from the succe ion by Henry IV. so far as he had power to do it. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 347. (b) Eccles., the act of succeeding to clerical office or re ceiving transmitted authority through ordination; a series of persons so succeeding. See apostolic succe ion, under apostolic. IMG:content-2411.png:[blocks in formation] We can justify that [mi ion] of our fathers by an uninterrupted succe ion from Christ himself: a succe ion Dict. which hath already continued longer than the Aaron i cal priesthood, and will, we doubt not, still continue till the church militant and time itself shall be no more. Bp. Atterbury , Sermons, I. xviii. 3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; succe ors collectively; heirs. Ca ibelan, for him And his succe ion , granted Rome a tribute, Yearly three you sand pounds. Shak ., Cymbeline, iii. 1. 8. 4. In biol., descent with modification in unbroken evolutionary series; the sequence of organic forms thus developed; the fact or the result of evolution or development along any line of descent or during any period of time. 5t. A person succeeding to rank, office, or the like. Milton.-6. In music, same as progres sion (of parts) or as sequence, 5.-7. In psychol., suggestion; a ociation. Sir W. Hamilton. Apostolic succe ion. See apostolic. -Arms of succe ion, in her. See arm2, 7 (d). - Conjunct succe ion. Same as conjunct motion (which see, under conjunct ).Law of succe ion, the law regulating inheritance. (See descent and distribution.) In civil law succe ion is either singular or universal. It is the former when it pa es one or more separate rights, the latter when all the rights as an aggregate are considered to pa . Lucrative succe ion. See lucrative. - Right of succe ion, the right to succeed; the right to take by succe ion.Succe ion Act, Succe ion to the Crown Act. See Limitation of the Crown Act, under limitation. - Succe ion bath, a bath in which cold and hot water are alternately applied. Succe ion Duty Act, an English statute of 1853 (16 and 17 Vict., c. 51) which imposed a tax upon property transmitted by will or operation of law. A cla of somewhat similar statutes is known as as collateral -in her it ance tax laws. - Succe ion of crops, in agri., the rotation of crops. See rotation. Succe ion tax, in law, a tax on property pa ing by succe ion; a tax on the devolution of property by inheritance or will. A collateral-inheritance tax is a succe ion tax on the devolution of property on others than direct descendants or progeni tors. A legacy tax is a succe ion tax on devolution in some or all cases by will. - Teeth of succe ion. See tooth. Title by succe ion. (a) Title acquired by inheritance, etc. (b) More specifically, the continuity of title in a corporation notwithstanding succe ive changes of membership. - Wars of succe ion, wars undertaken for the purpose of settling a disputed succe ion to a throne. The most notable are those of the Spanish Suc ce ion (1701-13), of the Austrian Succe ion (1741-8), and of the Bavarian Succe ion (1778-9).