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suc⋅ceed

  [suhk-seed]
Use succeed in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
2. to thrive, prosper, grow, or the like: Grass will not succeed in this dry soil.
3. to accomplish what is attempted or intended: We succeeded in our efforts to start the car.
4. to attain success in some popularly recognized form, as wealth or standing: The class voted him the one most likely to succeed.
5. to follow or replace another by descent, election, appointment, etc. (often fol. by to).
6. to come next after something else in an order or series.
–verb (used with object)
7. to come after and take the place of, as in an office or estate.
8. to come next after in an order or series, or in the course of events; follow.
Origin:
1325–75; ME succeden < L succēdere to go (from) under, follow, prosper, equiv. to suc- suc- + cēdere to go (see cede )

Related forms:
suc⋅ceed⋅a⋅ble, adjective
suc⋅ceed⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1–4. Succeed, flourish, prosper, thrive mean to do well. To succeed is to turn out well, to attain a goal: It is everyone's wish to succeed in life. To flourish is to give evidence of success or a ripe development of power, reputation, etc.: Culture flourishes among free people. To prosper is to achieve and enjoy material success: He prospered but was still discontented. Thrive suggests vigorous growth and development such as results from natural vitality or favorable conditions: The children thrived in the sunshine. 5. See follow.

Antonyms:
1–4. fail. 8. precede.
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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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Succeed

Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succ['e]der. See Cede, and cf. Success.]

1. 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.

As he saw him nigh succeed. --Spenser.

2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.

3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir T. Browne.

4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]

Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden.

Succeed

Suc*ceed"\, 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.

If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership. --Sir M. Hale.

Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed! --Milton.

2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

No woman shall succeed in Salique land. --Shak.

3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. --Shak.

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.

It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition. --Dryden.

Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English. --Dryden.

5. To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.]

Will you to the cooler cave succeed! --Dryden.

Syn: To follow; pursue. See Follow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : succeed
Spanish: conseguir; triunfar, tener éxito (en),
German: Erfolg haben,
Japanese: 成功する
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succeed 
1375, "come next after, take the place of another," from O.Fr. succeder (14c.), from L. succedere "come after, go near to," from sub "next to, after" + cedere "go, move" (see cede). The sense of "turn out well, have a favorable result" is first recorded 1475, with ellipsis of adverb (succeed well).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: suc·ceed
Pronunciation: s&k-'sEd
Function: intransitive verb
1 : to come next after another in office or position
2 a : to take something by succession <succeeded to his mother's estate> b : to acquire the rights, obligations, and charges of a decedent in property comprising an estate succeeded to the deceased from the moment of his death —Louisiana Civil Code> transitive verb 1 : to follow in sequence and esp. immediately
2 : to come after as heir or successor
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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