Hypertext Webster Gateway: "succeeding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Succeed \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Succeeding \Suc*ceed"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which
succeeds, or follows after; consequence. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
succeeding
adj 1: coming after or following [syn: {succeeding(a)}] [ant: {preceding(a)}]
2: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
president" [syn: {future(a)}, {next}, {succeeding(a)}]
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