succeed

suc·ceed

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.

1. To come after in time or order; follow.
2. To come after and take the place of. See Synonyms at follow.

Origin: Middle English succeden, from Old French succeder, from Latin succēdere : sub-, near; see sub-  + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

• suc·ceˈdent (sək-sēdˈnt) adjective

• succeeder suc·ceedˈer noun