- (v.i.) 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.
- (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.
- (v.t.) To support; to prosper; to promote.
- (v.t.) To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
- (v.i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
- (v.t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.
- (v.i.) To go under cover.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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