| succeed | (v) attain success or reach a desired goal, Syn. bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, win, Ant. fail, Example: The enterprise succeeded; We succeeded in getting tickets to the show; she struggled to overcome her handicap and won |
| succeed | (v) be the successor (of), Syn. follow, come after, Ant. precede, Example: Carter followed Ford; Will Charles succeed to the throne? |
| Succeed | v. t. As he saw him nigh succeed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] Succeed my wish and second my design. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Succeed | v. i. If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] Enjoy till I return No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Will you to the cooler cave succeed! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Succeedant | a. (Her.) Succeeding one another; following. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Succeeder | n. A successor. Shak. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Succeeding | n. The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |