1. To come next in time or succession; follow after another; replace another in an office or a position: She succeeded to the throne.2. To accomplish something desired or intended: “Success is counted sweetest/By those who ne'er succeed” (Emily Dickinson). 3.Obsolete To devolve upon a person by way of inheritance.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To come after in time or order; follow. 2. To come after and take the place of. See synonyms at follow.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English succeden, from Old French succeder, from Latin succdere : sub-, near; see sub– + cdere, to go; see ked- in Appendix I.
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