successive

[Fr. succe if, from Lat. suc ce ivus, from succe us, pa. par. of succedo = to succeed (q. v.); Sp. succe ivo.] 1. Following in order or uninterrupted succe ion; consecutive; following in regular course, as a series of persons or things, either in time or place. *2. Having or giving the right of succe ion to an inheritance; inherited by succe ion; hereditary, legitimate. "Countrymen, Plead my succe ive title with your swords." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , i. 4. suc-çě -Ive-lý, adv . [Eng. succe ive; -ly.] *1. By order of succe ion and inheritance. "So thou the garland wear'st succe ively." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., iv. 4. 2. In a succe ive manner; in a series or uninterrupted course; consecutively. "We succe ively saw a remarkable hill near Santo Espirito, then Cape St. Thomas, then an island just without Cape Frio." -Cook: First Voyage , bk. i., ch. ii. *3. Succe fully, completely, fully.