Definition of succeed

• 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.