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suc⋅ce⋅dent

  [suhk-seed-nt]
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–adjective
1. following or succeeding; subsequent.
–noun
2. Astrology. succedent house.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L succēdent-, s. of succēdēns, prp. of succēdere to succeed

succedent house

 
–noun Astrology.
any of the four houses that fall between the angular and cadent houses: the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh houses, which correspond, respectively, to possessions and values, love and creation, shared possessions and resources, and friends and social concerns.
Also called succedent.

Origin:
1585–95
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suc·ceed   (sək-sēd')   
v.   suc·ceed·ed, suc·ceed·ing, suc·ceeds

v.   intr.

  1. To come next in time or succession; follow after another; replace another in an office or a position: She succeeded to the throne.

  2. To accomplish something desired or intended: "Success is counted sweetest/By those who ne'er succeed" (Emily Dickinson).

  3. Obsolete To devolve upon a person by way of inheritance.

v.   tr.

  1. To come after in time or order; follow.

  2. To come after and take the place of. See Synonyms at follow.


[Middle English succeden, from Old French succeder, from Latin succēdere : sub-, near; see sub- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
suc·ce'dent (sək-sēd'nt) adj., suc·ceed'er n.
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