Succeed is defined as to accomplish a goal or to come next.
(verb)See succeed in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
Origin: ME succeden < L succedere, to go beneath or under, follow after < sub-, under + cedere, to go: see cede
transitive verb
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See succeed in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb suc·ceed·ed, suc·ceed·ing, suc·ceeds verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English succeden
Origin: , from Old French succeder
Origin: , from Latin succēdere
Origin: : sub-, near; see sub-
Origin: + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots
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