| (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. |
| (v. t.) | To fall heir to; to inherit. |
| (v. t.) | To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. |
| (v. t.) | To support; to prosper; to promote. |
| (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. |
| (v. i.) | Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. |
| (v. i.) | To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. |
| (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. |
| (v. i.) | To go under cover. |