succeed
succeed is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
- 2.To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. Sir T. Browne.
- 3.To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.] Succeed my wish and second my design. Dryden.
- 4.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.
- 5.Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Shak.
- 6.To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. Shak.
- 7.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.
- 8.To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.] Will you to the cooler cave succeed! Dryden. See Follow.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- pursue
- to follow
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- acquire
- after
- afterbirth
- afterwards
- alien
- alienable
- alienate
- alienation
- alternate
- amoebean
- and
- another
- append
- assign
- assignment
- bargain
- barter
- behind
- change
- close
- come
- coming
- confer
- consecution
- consecutive
- consequent
- consign
- continuation
- continuity
- convey
- conveyance
- conveyancing
- date
- demise
- devolution
- devolve
- disinherit
- dispossess
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is succeed.
- What is to fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] Shak called?
- What is to come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. Sir T. Browne called?
- What is to support; to prosper; to promote. [R.] Succeed my wish and second my design. Dryden called?
- What is specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Shak called?
- What is to descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. Shak called?
- What is to go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.] Will you to the cooler cave succeed! Dryden. See Follow called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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