\Suc*ceed"\, 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.
succ['e]der. 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.
         As he saw him nigh succeed.           --Spenser.
2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to
   follow; to pursue.
         Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir
                                               T. Browne.
4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]
         Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden.

\Suc*ceed"\, 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.
         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.
2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the
   death of the occupant.
         No woman shall succeed in Salique land. --Shak.
3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same
   family; to devolve. --Shak.
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.
         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.
5. To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.]
         Will you to the cooler cave succeed!  --Dryden.
Syn: To follow; pursue. See {Follow}.