n. A succedaneum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. succedaneus. See Succeed. ] Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. Walpole. [ 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 ]
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 ]
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. [ LL., an accompanier in singing, fr. succinere to sing, to accompany; sub under, after + canere to sing. ] (Eccl.) A subchanter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. successus: cf. F. succès. See Succeed. ]
Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned
By due success. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Men . . . that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The tempter stood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dream of success and happy victory! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or teach with more success her son
The vices of the time to shun. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]