n. [ L. successus: cf. F. succès. See Succeed. ] 1. Act of succeeding; succession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned
By due success. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men . . . that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The tempter stood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dream of success and happy victory! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or teach with more success her son
The vices of the time to shun. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Succession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My peculiar honors, not derived
From successary, but purchased with my blood. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. successio: cf. F. succession. See Succeed. ] 1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in the succession to an earldom. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent. “A long succession must ensue.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apostolical succession. (Theol.) See under Apostolical. --
Succession duty, a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. [ Eng. ] --
Succession of crops. (Agric.) See Rotation of crops, under Rotation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive. “Successional teeth.” Flower. -- Suc*ces"sion*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. successif. See Succeed. ] 1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Send the successive ills through ages down. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Successive induction. (Math.) See Induction, 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a successive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being successive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no success. [ 1913 Webster ]

Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]