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   Succeed , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succéder. See Cede, and cf. Success.]
   To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
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   As he saw him nigh succeed.
   Spenser.
   
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   To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.]
   Shak.
   
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   To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
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   Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse.
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]
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   Succeed my wish and second my design.
   Dryden.
   
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   Succeed, v. i.
   To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
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   If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership.
   Sir M. Hale.
   
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   Enjoy till I return
   Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed!
   Milton.
   
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   Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
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   No woman shall succeed in Salique land.
   Shak.
   
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   To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
   Shak.
   
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   To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.
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   It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition.
   Dryden.
   
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   Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English.
   Dryden.
   
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   To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.]
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   Will you to the cooler cave succeed!
   Dryden.
   
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   Syn. -- To follow; pursue. See Follow.
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