succeedv.
/səkˈsiːd/, U.S. /səkˈsid/ 1. figurative.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 159 Evirmair vnto this warldis ioy As nerrest air succeidis noy.
a. intransitive. To come next after and take the place of another, either by descent, election, or appointment, in a position of rule or ownership; to be the immediate successor in an office or in an estate.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > accede to office [verb (intransitive)] > succeed to office
succeedc1386
success?1560
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)] > of persons
succeedc1386
success?1560
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 576 Whan Walter is agon, Thanne shal the blood of Ianicle succede And been oure lord.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 5 Bi þe slownes of þe pope, and of prelats succedand in his place, and bi her peruerse werkis, moost iuil comiþ to vs.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 64 Than the neyst cummyn off the seid, Man or woman, suld succeid.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 73 You know by the ordur of our law, the eldyst brother succedyth.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y5v After him Vther, which Pendragon hight, Succeeding There abruptly it did end.
1608 T. Heywood Rape of Lucrece sig. D Barren princes Breed danger in their singularity Hauing none to succeed, their clame dies with them.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 59 When Sir Ralf died, Sir John succeeded.
b. Const. to (a person): = 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeed or follow [verb (transitive)] > succeed as heir, to an office, etc.
succeed1387
succeed1503
inherit?1530
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 119 Þis ȝere deide þe secounde Richard, þe fourþe duke of Normandie, to whom succedid his sone Richard þe þridde.
1456–70 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 27/1 Eftyr the deceiss of this lard of Meldrum succedit tyll hyme ane othir lard.
c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 71 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 224 Gyf þu myn awne ware, & mycht as ayr succed to me.
1529 Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 585 The aire or airis maile or femaile..succedand to the said umquhile erle.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 280 Saracon..was appointed Sultan,..to whom Saladine his Nephew succeeded.
1831 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xi A young heir, who has totally altered the establishment of the father to whom he has succeeded.
1874 W. Markby Elem. Law (ed. 2) §564 Neither the heir nor the legatee has a right to claim any portion of the moveable estate;..they do not in any way succeed to the deceased.
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert vi. 52 It was his duty to marry again, and to have children to succeed to him.
c. To follow in office in order of seniority. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > accede to office [verb (intransitive)] > follow in office in order of seniority
succeed1764
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)] > of persons > follow in office
succeed1764
1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 10 We always succeeded of course: No jumping over heads.
d. Const. †(a) in, into, (b) to (an estate, a position of rule or ownership).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > take office [verb (transitive)] > succeed to an office
succeed1503
succeed1912
(a)
(b)1563 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) xxxviii. 400 The advancement of the Scotch Title to succede to the English Crown.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 194 Nor zit succeidand to na grett heretaige.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 88 Quhen the peychtis doubted quha suld succeid to the kingdome lawfullie.1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. iii. 199 Henry the eighth..succeeded to the crown by clear indisputable hereditary right.1891 Speaker 2 May 564/1 When he succeeded..to the family estates, he found them heavily encumbered.1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 44 There seems to be some ground for surmising that Henry wished him to succeed to Neville's office.c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1079 His sone succedeth in his heritage..after his fader day.
1482 in Eng. Hist. Rev. XXV. 123 Alle oyere yat shalle succede in that office.
1520 Chron. Eng. i. f. 6v/1 His sone Heleazarus succeded in ye bysshopryche.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xix. 53 If shee be brought to bed of a manchild, the same may by order and course succeed in the Empyre.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Yv Next them did Gurgiunt, great Belinus sonne In rule succeede.
1597 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 303/2 Rob. Scot..and Barbara Scott his spous..ar and hes bene maist kyndlie to succeid in the tak.
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. i. 55 Rodulph succeeded in the See of Canterbury.
1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. ix, in Wks. (1714) II. 135 David by the same title that Saul Reigned..succeeded in his Throne, to the exclusion of Jonathan.
e. transferred. Const. to (†into): To follow another in the enjoyment or exercise of; to be the next to share or take part in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)] > of persons > be next to share in
succeeda1613
a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xx. 145 Mozal as I said afore, is either Seleucia, or succeeded into the dignity of it.
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. i. 104 Take breath; my guards shall to the fight succeed.
1693 J. Dryden Disc. Orig. & Progr. Satire in Ess. (1900) II. 22 Some witty men may perhaps succeed to their designs.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. iv. 363 The christian saints succeeded..to the honours.
1866 R. W. Dale Disc. Special Occasions v. 156 We have succeeded to the honours and responsibilities of our predecessors.
2. † b. figurative. To follow by imitating. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To take the place of, as successor in an office or heir to an estate; to follow (another) in ownership or the occupation of a position or office; to be successor or heir to.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > take office [verb (transitive)] > succeed to an office
succeed1503
succeed1912
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeed or follow [verb (transitive)] > succeed as heir, to an office, etc.
succeed1387
succeed1503
inherit?1530
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > take office [verb (transitive)] > succeed to an office > follow another in office
succeed1503
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 25 §2 They that soo shall succede them..in the seid Sees & Bisshopprikkes.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 70/2 So was I to king Edward faithfull chapleyn, & glad wold haue bene yt his childe had succeded him.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M6 Matthias succeeding Iudas the traitour in the administration of the apostleship.
1611 Bible (King James) Duet. ii. 12 The children of Esau succeeded them when they had destroyed them from before them, & dwelt in their stead. View more context for this quotation
1675 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 310 His brother Ralph succeeds him in the estate.
1702 N. Blundell Diary (1895) 6 Eliz. Sumner Dary-Maid left my Service and was suckseeded by Mary Formby.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vi. iii. 63 When they retired, they were succeeded by the Gakkars.
1860 R. Ross Eng. Hist. 149 Richard Cromwell succeeded his father.
1892 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. 13 In 47 Aulus Plautius was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula.
1897 J. W. Clark Observ. Priory Barnwell Introd. 13 Prior Geoffrey..was succeeded by Prior Gerard.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)]
evenlecheOE
resemble?c1400
imitate1534
sequest1567
succeed1577
act1599
pattern1601
similize1606
like1613
echoa1616
sample1616
ape1634
transcribe1646
copy1648
copy1649
mime1728
borrowa1847
to make likea1881
replicate1915
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Evagrius Scholasticus vi. xi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 507 Succede your fathers & auncestors in obedience.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 58 Succeed thy father In manners as in shape. View more context for this quotation
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > succeed to
to come to ——eOE
inherita1400
succeed1490
to step into ——1609
1490 Cov. Leet Bk. 537 Ye must hastely procede vnto theleccion off an-other personne to succede the said office.
1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc iii. i. 73 Egall in degree With him that claimeth to succede the whole.
1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Kk 4 Mychaell, the son of Constantinus Ducas, sur-named..Parapinaceus succeedeth the Empire.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 124 Else let my brother die, If not a fedarie but onely he Owe, and succeed thy weaknesse. View more context for this quotation
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd To C'tess Eglintoun 131 Thrice happy! who succeed their mother's praise, The lovely Eglintouns of other days.
4. † b. transitive. To follow, walk after. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To come next or immediately afterwards in an order of individual persons or things; to follow on; also, †to occupy the space vacated by something. (Sometimes const. to.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)] > follow in order or sequence
followOE
suec1384
succeedc1400
pursue1485
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §12. 24 & next him [sc. Mercury] succedith the Mone; & so forth by ordre, planete aftur planete.
c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 344 Go forth yowur way; I wyll succede In-to what place ye wyll me lede.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxviiv This battaill on bothe sides was sore fought & many slain, in whose romes succeded euer fresh and freshemen.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 52 To the Mernes neist succeidis Angus.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 29 There was another fat Malefactor to succeede.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 144 The ambient fluid, having a full liberty to succeed in each point of Space.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 131 The Waters rising up out of the subterraneous Abyss, the Sea must needs succeed.
1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 25 The cold Air all the while coming down and succeeding at D till the whole Air in the Room has pass'd thro'.
1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 179 Sub~ordinate they one by one succeed; And one among them always takes the lead.
1908 A. Dobson De Libris Prol. p. v I can't pretend to make you read The pages that to this succeed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)]
followeOE
asuec1300
suec1300
underfollow1382
succeedc1485
ensue?a1500
suit1582
to traik after1818
trail1915
c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 589 I wyll yow succede, for better or wors, To the prynces of pristes.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 142 As in a dance the pair that take the lead Turn downward, and the lowest pair succeed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue
bidec893
lastOE
through-wonOE
ylasta1000
standOE
runOE
lastlOE
beleavec1200
abidec1275
cleavec1275
durec1275
dwell13..
endurec1386
perseverec1390
continuec1400
contunec1400
tarrya1450
remainc1455
perdure?a1475
rest1474
permanec1485
succeed1486
perpetuate1530
persist1531
demur1547
perduratea1558
weara1568
to hold it out1585
to hold out1585
abye1590
contain1592
live1592
perennate1623
to draw overa1700
exist1754
linger1764
to hang it out1939
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. a j How bondeage began first in aungell and after succeded in man kynde.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence vi. 156 The old grownded opinion, that hath by ancient tradition succeeded from age to age.
1609 S. Rowlands Whole Crew Kind Gossips 17 My discontent succeedeth day by day.
6. † b. To follow as a consequence of or upon; to proceed from a source; to ensue, result. Obsolete.
a. To follow or come after in the course of events, the sequence of things, the order of development, etc.; to take place or come into being subsequently. †to succeed: to come; future.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)]
followOE
succeedc1450
ensue1485
supervene1636
survene1666
to roll on ——1681
c1450 Godstow Reg. 352 In the which..mese..the Chapelayn.. shold haue a dwellyng to serue by the tymys succedyng.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.iij As the ages hath succeded, so are discouered the sciences.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvii. 117 We se and spyis not our sorrowis to succeid.
1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1397/2 The Masse Priests succeede after Christ, doing the same sacrifice (as they say) which he did before.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iv. 2 After Summer, euermore succeedes Barren Winter. View more context for this quotation
1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 95 After him [sc. Gower] succeeded Lydgate, a Monke of Burie, who wrote that bitter Satyre of Peirs Plow-man.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iv. 23 A Patterne to all Princes liuing with her, And all that shall succeed . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 535 Enjoy, till I return, Short pleasures, for long woes are to succeed . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 733 Who of all Ages to succeed, but feeling The evil on him brought by me, will curse My Head. View more context for this quotation
1678 in Loyalty Last Long Parl. (1681) II. 619 These ill Consequences, which have since succeeded both at home and abroad.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 178 And when..This earth shall blaze, and a new world succeed.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 90 Half an hour's recreation succeeded, then study.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 56 The age of reverence is gone, and the age of irreverence and licentiousness has succeeded.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)]
followOE
sue?c1225
arisec1275
fallc1300
result?a1425
ensue1483
enfollow1485
issuea1500
rebounda1500
succeed1537
terminate1613
concludea1639
depend1655
eventuate1814
ultimatec1834
come1884
translate1919
1537 T. Starkey Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxxxi. 194 Al worldly respects set aside, and al dangerous success, which might succede of the same.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 117 Curing a festered soare with a poysoned playster; whence succeeded a dismall discord.
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 7 Any innovation of wrongs succeeding thereupon.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 The Cause is known, from whence Thy Woe succeeded . View more context for this quotation
1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 225 The Normans having conquered this Realm, a thorough abolition of the whole [uniformity of laws, etc.] had like to have succeeded.
c. Const. to: = 9.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeed or follow [verb (transitive)]
followOE
suec1400
ensue1491
succeed?1526
sequel1594
pursue1658
supervene1661
survene1665
succeed1687
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. Pref. Those Exercises, which in the breeding of Youth, commonly succede to their School Education.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 61 While Day to Night, and Night to Day succeeds.
1703 N. Rowe Ulysses Ded. That this Glorious End may very suddenly succeed to your Lordship's Candor and Generous Endeavours after it.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 130 I know that age to age succeeds, Blowing a noise of tongues and deeds.
a. To follow in, or come into, the place of someone or something. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)] > follow in or into
succeed1551
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Qviii They succede into the places of the other at theyre dyinge.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 100 Masters..should take the scholars in hand with a fatherly minde, esteeming themselves to succeed in their place that committed the children unto them.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 508 But in thir room..Wolves shall succeed for teachers. View more context for this quotation
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. iv. 49 The Idea of the motion of one single Body alone, without any other succeeding immediately into its Place.
1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 277 When these Spirits are dispossessed, the Spirit of God will succeed into their place.
b. Const. to: To take the place of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > take the place of or replace [verb (intransitive)]
to stand for ——lOE
to give steadc1340
to stand in a person's stead?a1515
to do (obs.), fill, serve, supply the stead of1558
to fill the room of1562
to usurp the place of1574
suppullulate1601
to stead upa1616
to take the place ofa1616
succenturiate1630
act1651
succeed1692
to do duty1825
1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iv. i. 44 Revenge succeeds to Love, and Rage to Grief.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. vii. 325 Anglo-Saxon..on the subduement of the Romanized Ottadini, succeeded to the British tongue.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci ii. i. 23 What can now Have given you that cold melancholy look, Succeeding to your unaccustomed fear?
1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Nov. 5/3 Something like consternation succeeded to the benevolent interest with which the earlier movements of the Mahdi had been regarded.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > substitute [verb (transitive)]
changec1225
shifta1325
puta1400
underputc1400
put1483
put1535
subrogate1548
substitute1548
surrogate1586
counterchange1604
supplya1618
suffect1620
commute1667
succeed1667
to be in (another person's) shoes1842
sub1919
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxv. 45 Young Hollis..Impatient to revenge his fatal shot, His right hand doubly to his left succeeds.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > descend by succession [verb (intransitive)]
comeOE
attain1413
succeed1536
1536 Abst. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1897) IV. 92 That the landis and tenement suld succeyd to hym in heretage.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 122 Considerand that the crop ande rute of our gentreis ande genologie hes succedit fra adam.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 82 Quhais Impire..athir succeiding to thair awne eftircumers, or be violence..occupied be strangeris.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 377 Ceaze vpon the fortunes of the Moore: For they succeed to [1623 on] you.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. vii. 23 A ring the Countie weares, That downward hath succeeded in his house From sonne to sonne. View more context for this quotation
9. transitive. To come after or follow in the course of time or the sequence of events. (In first quot. ?1526, to live after, be posterior to.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeed or follow [verb (transitive)]
followOE
suec1400
ensue1491
succeed?1526
sequel1594
pursue1658
supervene1661
survene1665
succeed1687
?1526 J. Fisher Serm. conc. Heretickes sig. Bij Tyll vs (that succede the commynge of our sauiour) the same thynges be disclosed.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles iv. 103 The Curse of heauen and men succeed their euils. View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. iv. 238 If..those destructive effects they now discover succeeded the curse, and came in with..thornes and briars. View more context for this quotation
1647 A. Cowley Dialogue in Mistress i Shame succeeds the short-liv'd pleasure.
a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 1 The natural philosophers that just succeeded the ages of obscurity.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 259 This smiling sky, So soon succeeding such an angry night.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. ii. 37 These alternate feelings of embarrassment, wonder, and grief, seemed to succeed each other more than once upon her torpid features.
1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iii. 35 The rule of the consul Alberic had been succeeded by the wildest confusion.
1913 Times 14 May 6/1 An ideal day for manœuvres, clear and cool, succeeded yesterday's rain.
a. intransitive. To happen, fall out, come to pass, take place. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)]
becomec888
i-tidec888
falleOE
ywortheOE
i-limp975
belimpOE
i-timeOE
worthOE
tidea1131
goa1200
arearc1275
syec1275
betide1297
fere1297
risea1350
to come aboutc1350
overcomea1382
passa1393
comea1400
to come in (also to, on, etc.) placea1400
eschew?a1400
chevec1400
shapec1400
hold1462
to come (also go) to pass1481
proceed?1518
occura1522
bechance1527
overpass1530
sorta1535
succeed1537
adventurec1540
to fall toc1540
success1545
to fall forth1569
fadge1573
beword?1577
to fall in1578
happen1580
event1590
arrive1600
offer1601
grow1614
fudge1615
incur1626
evene1654
obvene1654
to take place1770
transpire1775
to go on1873
to show up1879
materialize1885
break1914
cook1932
to go down1946
1537 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 63 Nothing is succeded sythens my last writing.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxj From thensefurth daily succeded, murder, slaughter, & discencion.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xvi. 68 By force whereof, it succeded that..they died and their Countrey not deliuered.
1653 tr. F. Carmeni Nissena 78 She desired to be inform'd of..what had suceeded since the Prince Doralbo's expedition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > happen to
tocomeeOE
limpc888
i-timeOE
alimpOE
comeOE
on-becomeOE
tidec1000
befallc1175
betidec1175
betimea1225
fallc1225
time?c1225
yfallc1275
timea1325
happena1393
to run upon ——a1393
behapa1450
bechance1530
succeeda1533
attaina1535
behappen1596
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. N.v If yl succede to him..it is by reason of the ignoraunce of him selfe.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 259 Lest that succeed vnto them, which happened vnto Don Quixote de la Mancha.
1669 W. Penn in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1912) 3rd Ser. 280 The honner which will redownd to thee, exceeds farr the advantage that Can succeed to me.
a. Of an enterprise, etc.: To have a certain issue; to turn out (one way or another, well or ill).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out
goOE
farec1230
to come to proofc1330
shape1338
afarec1380
achievea1393
falla1398
sort1477
succeed1541
lucka1547
to fall out1556
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to come off1590
light1612
takea1625
result1626
issue1665
to turn out1731
eventuate1787
to roll out1801
to come away1823
to work out1839
pan1865
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xi. f. 20v But it succeded all other wise.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Tobit iv. 6 If yu deale truely, thy doings shal prosperously succede to thee.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xxxvii. i Though ill deedes well succeeding be.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. xliv. sig. C4v But euery day things now succeeded worse.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. lxxxii. 71 Yours be the thanks, for yours the danger is, If ought succeed (as much I feare) amis.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 138 I promise you the effects he writ of, succeed vnhappily. View more context for this quotation
1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 40 Whether the manner of their operation would succeed contrary, or any way different to what they appear.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out > in a specific manner
gangOE
provec1300
goc1425
comea1527
succeed1533
sort1592
to come out1842
issue1855
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xvi. 191 Bot his tary and Inobedience succedit to his hevy dammage.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) viii. 57 The proditione of ane realme succedis to the hurt of the public veil.
12.
a. To have the desired or a fortunate issue or conclusion; to turn out successfully.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)]
speedc1175
fayc1300
provec1300
flourishc1400
passc1425
prosper1434
succeedc1450
to take placea1464
to come well to (our) pass1481
shift?1533
hitc1540
walka1556
fadge1573
thrive1587
work1599
to come (good) speedc1600
to go off1608
sort1613
go1699
answer1721
to get along1768
to turn up trumps1785
to come off1854
pan1865
scour1871
arrive1889
to work out1899
to ring the bell1900
to go over1907
click1916
happen1949
c1450 [implied in: tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxxv. 104 Lest þou be lifte up in succedyng of þi desire [L. in bono successu]. (at succeeding n. 1)].
1595 [implied in: S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. lxxvii. sig. Dd2 Frends, opinion, & succeeding chaunce, Which wrought the weak to yeld. (at succeeding adj. 5b)].
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 161 Since..this our meeting hath not succeeded,..there is no other remedie but to make our peace at leasure by exchange of letters.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 166 Our labour must be..out of good still to find means of evil; Which oft times may succeed . View more context for this quotation
1685 J. Dryden Sylvæ Pref. sig. a6 This was impossible for Virgil to imitate; because the severity of the Roman Language denied him that advantage. Spencer endeavour'd it in his Sheperds Calendar; but neither will it succeed in English.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. iv His happy Toil shall all succeed Whom God himself delights to bless.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 331 I only used it in two instances, in both of which it succeeded.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 464 There was no reason why an attempt which had succeeded once might not succeed again.
1861 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 577 When the spirit of the age is against those remedies, they can at least only succeed for a moment.
b. Of growing plants: To meet with success, do well, thrive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > grow well or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > grow well or flourish
growc725
thrivec1175
flourish1303
provec1330
encrec1420
delighta1475
prosper1535
addle1570
fortify1605
ramp1607
luxuriate1621
succeed1812
1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. 4 Layers and cuttings likewise sometimes succeed.
1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) i. 28 We..were told that wheat succeeds perfectly when sown in the dry plains in the rainy season.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 468 There the North American cottons succeed.
13. proverbial.1840 T. H. Palmer Teacher's Man. 223 'T is a lesson you should heed, Try, try again; If at first you do n't succeed, Try, try again.1857 W. E. Hickson Try Again in Moral Songs 8 'Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try, try again. If at first you don't succeed, Try, try, try again.1915 E. B. Holt Freudian Wish iii. 103 The child is frustrated, but not instructed; and it is in the situation where, later on in life, we say to ourselves, ‘If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!’1960 I. Jefferies Dignity & Purity v. 91 Not to worry... If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.a1976 A. Christie Miss Marple's Final Cases (1979) 39 You musn't give up, Mr. Rossiter. ‘If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.’
a. Of persons: To attain a desired end or object; to be successful in an endeavour; to bring one's labours to a happy issue. Also formerly, with adverb, to have ‘good’ or ‘ill success’. Also in proverbial phr.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons)
speed993
achievec1300
escheve?a1400
succeed1509
to turn up trumps1595
fadge1611
to nick ita1637
to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655
to get on1768
to reap, win one's laurels1819
to go a long way1859
win out1861
score1882
to make it1885
to make a ten-strike1887
to make the grade1912
to make good1914
to bring home the bacon1924
to go places1931
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xiv. 55 Above al other he did so excell, None sith his time in arte wolde succede, After their death to have fame for their mede.
1692 J. Dryden All for Love (new ed.) Pref. sig. b3 Thus the case is hard with Writers: if they succeed not, they must starve.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 351 Alike my scorn, if he succeed or fail.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. p. xxiv Nor did the late D. of R—— and E. of E—— succeed much better.
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 368 In this I was told it was impossible to succeed, because a very sensible farmer..had tried the experiment, and failed.
1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) vii. 124 I have succeeded very badly.
1884 Manch. Examiner 16 May 4/7 If he had studiously endeavoured to be unjust he could not have succeeded more completely.
b. Const. in with gerund. (Also transferred of things.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in doing anything
wina1300
covera1375
gaina1375
to prevail to1474
to make shift of1504
attain1523
obtaina1529
frame1545
procure1559
to finish to1594
succeed1839
1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 67 Cranmer succeeded in obtaining a mitigation of the provisions.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 232 Bold touches..succeed in leaving a distinct impression on the mind.
1898 F. Montgomery Tony 11 She succeeded in finding an empty carriage.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
to bring onc1230
advancea1250
speeda1300
nourishc1300
avaunt1393
promotec1433
pasture?a1439
advantage?1459
promove1475
preferc1503
conduce1518
to set forth1528
to set forward(s)1530
to take forth1530
fillip1551
help1559
farther1570
foster1571
shoulder1577
to put forward1579
seconda1586
foment1596
hearten1598
to put on1604
fomentate1613
succeed1613
expeditea1618
producea1618
maturate1623
cultivate1641
encourage1677
push1693
forward1780
progress1780
admove1839
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
fremeOE
filsenc1175
fosterc1175
speeda1240
theec1250
advancec1300
upraisea1340
increasec1380
forthbearc1400
exploit?a1439
aid1502
to set forward(s)1530
farther1570
facilite1585
to set forthward1588
forward1598
facilitate1599
accommodate1611
succeed1613
bespeed1615
to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632
subserve1645
push1758
support1779
leg up1817
1613 C. Tourneur Griefe on Death Prince Henrie 135 Whose influence makes that His own virtues are succeeded justly.
1639 J. Shirley Maides Revenge v. sig. I2v Good Ansilva giv't her, And heavens succeede the operation.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 193 I leave that which I have written to God to succeed as he please.
1654 J. Owen Doctr. Saints Perseverance ii. §20. 44 This way of Disputing will scarce succeed you, in this great undertaking.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 352 Pallas..succeeds their Enterprize.
1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 67 May heaven succeed your..wish.
1825 E. Irving Word God ii, in Wks. (1864) I. 18 God, being ever willing and ever ready to second and succeed His word.
1843 J. Perkins 8 Years Resid. Persia 219 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Sincerely praying and desiring..the Smiles of Heaven to succeed your..embassy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)]
comeeOE
tocomeOE
approachc1374
passa1375
accede1465
comprochea1500
coasta1513
aggress?1570
succeed1596
propinquate1623
proximate1623
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iv. sig. Cc2 Who euer, as he saw him nigh succeed, Gan cry aloud with horrible affright. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 20 Will you to the cooler Cave succeed..?
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 632 Snakes, familiar, to the Hearth succeed . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 758 To his rough Palat, his dry Tongue succeeds . View more context for this quotation
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