Definitions
1.verbTo follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of."Autumn succeeds summer."
2.verbTo obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful."The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime."
3.verbTo fall heir to; to inherit."So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king."
4.verbTo come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
5.verbTo support; to prosper; to promote.
6.verbTo 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.verbTo descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
8.verbTo go under cover.