succe

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.; pl. Succedanea [ NL. See Succedaneous. ] One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.), a remedy used as a substitute for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. Walpole. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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 ]