intransitive with to and infinitive: To succeed in doing (what is denoted by the verb); to contrive, manage to do something. Now only Scottish and di…

intransitive. To attain, make one's way, get (to, out of).

transitive. To be an equipoise or balance to.

intransitive. to prevail to (a thing): to succeed in attaining or achieving. Obsolete. rare.

to make (a) shift. To attain one's end by contrivance or effort; to succeed; to manage to do something. †to make shift of: to manage to secure…

with infinitive of purpose. Obsolete.

transitive. To come, manage, or contrive to do something; to succeed in doing something. With infinitive as object. Obsolete.

intransitive. Chiefly with infinitive. To set about, make an attempt to do something; to pretend; to manage, contrive. Also: to engage in an…

transitive. With infinitive as object. To manage (to do or be something). Obsolete.

To bring to completion; to make or perform completely; to complete. Also with off, †up. †to finish to (do): to succeed completely in (doing).

Const. in with gerund. (Also transferred of things.)