v. i. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] Enjoy till I return
Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. [ 1913 Webster ] No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. 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. [ 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 ] 5. To go under cover. [ A latinism. Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Will you to the cooler cave succeed! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- To follow; pursue. See Follow. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
