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Succeed
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.
(2):
(v. t.) 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.
(3):
(v. i.) To go under cover.
(4):
(v. t.) To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
(5):
(v. t.) To support; to prosper; to promote.
(6):
(v. i.) 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.
(7):
(v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
(8):
(v. i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
(9):
(v. i.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Succeed'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/succeed.html. 1828.
