Succeed

suk-sēd′, v.t. to come after, to follow up or in order: to follow: to take the place of.— v.i. to follow in order: to take the place of: to obtain one's wish or accomplish what is attempted: to end with advantage.— adjs. Succeed′able , capable of succe ; Succeed′ant ( her. ), following one another.— ns. Succeed′er , one who succeeds: a succe or; Succe ′ , act of succeeding or state of having succeeded: the prosperous termination of anything attempted: one who, or that which, succeeds, a succe ful person or affair.— adj. Succe ′ful , resulting in succe : having the desired effect or termination: prosperous.— adv. Succe ′fully .— ns. Succe ′fulne , state of being succe ful: succe ; Succes′sion , act of succeeding or following after: series of persons or things following each other in time or place: series of descendants: race: ( agri. ) rotation, as of crops: right to take po e ion: in Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.— adj. Succes′sional , existing in a regular succe ion or in order.— adv. Succes′sionally .— n. Succes′sionist , one who regards only that priesthood as valid which can be traced in a direct line of succe ion from the apostles.— adj. Succes′sive , following in succe ion or in order.— adv. Succes′sively .— n. Succes′sivene .— adj. Succe ′le , without succe : unprosperous.— ns. Succes′sor , one who succeeds or comes after: one who takes the place of another; Succes′sorship .— adj. Succes′sory .— Succe ion duty , a tax imposed on any succe ion to property, varying with the degree of relationship.— Apostolical succe ion (see Apostle ). [L. succedĕre — sub , up, cedĕre , to go.]