v. t.
As he saw him nigh succeed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Succeed my wish and second my design. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
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 ]
No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Shak. [ 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 ]
Will you to the cooler cave succeed! Dryden. [ 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 ]