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To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take
the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the
throne; autumn succeeds summer. |
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To fall heir to; to inherit. |
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To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to
follow; to pursue. |
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To support; to prosper; to promote. |
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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. |
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Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal
the death of the occupant. |
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To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same
family; to devolve. |
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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. |
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To go under cover. |
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