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.
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}.