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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding. ] [ L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. excéder. See Cede. ] To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours. [ 1913 Webster ]

Name the time, but let it not
Exceed three days. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.

Syn. -- To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. “In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exceeds. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. “The exceeding riches of his grace.” Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

adv. In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [ Archaic. It is not joined to verbs. ] “The voice exceeding loud.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. Mark ix. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A betrothed woman; the woman to whom one is betrothed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Same as license, licensed, licensee. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. [ F. Cf. Lyceum. ] A French lyceum, or secondary school for students intermediate between elementary school and college, supported by the French government, for preparing students for the university.
Syn. -- secondary school, lyceum, Gymnasium, middle school. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong or irregular proceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding. ] [ F. procéder. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See Cede. ] 1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou proceed in this thy insolence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

I proceeded forth and came from God. John viii. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

It proceeds from policy, not love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He will, after his sour fashion, tell you
What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To have application or effect; to operate. [ 1913 Webster ]

This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) To begin and carry on a legal process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Proceeds. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who proceeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proceedings of the high commission. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Law) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Proceedings of a society, the published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Procedure; measure; step, See Transaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Sadducaei, p., Gr. &unr_;, Heb. Tsaddūkīm; -- so called from Tsādōk, the founder of the sect. ] One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels. -- Sad`du*ce"an a. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. The tenets of the Sadducees. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. succéder. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

As he saw him nigh succeed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [ Obs. & R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Succeed my wish and second my design. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

a. (Her.) Succeeding one another; following. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A successor. Shak. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be from a Chinese word, se-tze or se-sze, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if pure it may be drawn out into fine threads. ] Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy. [ China ] McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not able or likely to succeed. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]