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Definition of 'succeed'English
Alternative forms
* succede (dated)
Verb
( en-verb)
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
- The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
- Autumn succeeds summer.
To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.
(obsolete|rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
- So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.
To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
* Sir Thomas Browne
- Destructive effects succeeded the curse.
* 1919 ,
- Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.
To support; to prosper; to promote.
* Dryden
- Succeed my wish and second my design.
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.
# To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
To go under cover.
Antonyms
* (follow in order) precede
* fail, fall on one's face
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