(a.) Resulting in success; assuring or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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