successiveadj.

Brit.

/səkˈsɛsɪv/, U.S.

/səkˈsɛsɪv/

Etymology: < medieval Latin successīvus, < success- , succēdĕre to succeed v. Compare French successif, Italian successivo, Portuguese sucessivo, Spanish sucesivo.

a. With plural or compound noun: Coming one after another in an uninterrupted sequence; following one another in order.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > successive or following one after another

successive?a1475

progressional1570

consecutive1611

sequenta1616

progressive1620

back-to-back1626

running1682

seriatim1813

straight1899

tandem1926

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 117 Yorke hathe but ij. suffraganes subiecte to it oonly,..of the successiue institucions of whom somme thynges ar to be seide here by ordre.

1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Ll 2 Three successive Bishops, Iohn, Benedict, and Clement..excommunicated him.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxii. sig. T Furie..alwaies deliuers the author into successiue mischiefes.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xiv. 85 A constant train of successive Ideas.

1719 I. Watts Bk. Praise 92 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run.

1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xvi. 137 A view of the successive changes of the English coin to the present time.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xiii. 286 These crucibles gradually deteriorate and become injured by successive operations.

1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 15 The multiplication of all the successive numbers from 1 up to some high number.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 16 By repeated reflection, successive echos are sent to the ear.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 305 In countries where the winters are severe, ordinary building-stones and mortar are found to peel off in successive crusts.

predicative passing into adverb.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 614 Since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night to men Successive . 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 184 They fall successive, and successive rise.1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 510 So moved the Greeks successive, rank by rank.

b. With singular noun: Following another of the same kind in a regular sequence or series. Somewhat rare. Also quasi-adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent > that follows another of the same kind

successive1595

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. l. sig. I2^v And three..he assailes;..each successiue after other quailes.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 9 Phi. What is a stroke? Ma. It is a successiue motion of the hand, directing the quantitie of euery note and rest in the song, with equall measure.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ix. xxiv. 127 When he fell, and kist the barren heath, His parent straight inspir'd successive breath.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 101 The Celerity of a Boat is continued by a successive dip of the Oar.

1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vi. 53 Then raise a second Plumb; A third successive be your earnest Care.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. vii. 181 He..took his leave, promising to be equipped and in readiness to embark with him on the second successive morning at ten o'clock.

1842 E. B. Browning Greek Christian Poets & Eng. Poets (1863) 114 What is this accent but a stroke, an emphasis, with a successive pause to make complete the time?

†c. Of a condition, influence, etc.: Continuous, uninterrupted. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]

continualc1340

jointc1400

directa1513

unbroken1561

successive1586

continuate1601

uninterrupted1602

unintermitted1611

continued1628

concrete1651

constant1653

uninterrupted1657

unintermitting1661

solid1662

continuous1751

uninterrupt1776

unbroke1793

unintermittent1850

unbreathing1893

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. ix. 38 He diuers yeares good fortune had successiue in each thing.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 350 Her successive prosperitie.

1652 O. Felltham Brief Char. Low-Countries 2 A strong Earthquake would shake them to a Chaos, from which the successive force of the Sun..hath a little emended them.

2. Characterized by or involving succession; brought about or produced in succeeding stages.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > characterized by or involving succession

sequent1609

successanean1635

successive1685

1685 H. More Let. 19 Jan. in J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 152 Successive Quantity seems more capable of being infinite then permanent Quantity.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Action Actions are again divided into Instantaneous, where the whole Effect is produced in the same Moment as the Creation of Light: And Successive, where the Effect is produced by degrees.

1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland (1792) I. viii. 119 The successive fall; in which the water, instead of making one continued shoot, falls through a succession of different stories.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. i. 11 We might, indeed, make a successive collection of the coins of the western emperors.

1835 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 4) I. 242 Doctrine of successive development not confirmed by the admission that man is of modern origin.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 198/2 A method of approximation, which is frequently used and of great importance, has obtained the name of successive substitution.

1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Successive Whorl, one whose members did not originate simultaneously, but in succession.

†3. = hereditary adj.

a. Of things: Descending or transmitted by succession or inheritance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective]

devolutea1464

successive?a1475

successional1602

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 283 This Kenulphus..havynge successyve hate of Offa his predecessor ageyne men of Kente.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 4 Plead my successiue Title with your swords: I am his first borne sonne.

1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. To Rdr. To liue in the obedience of a successiue royall Monarchie.

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xvii. lxxvi Leauing the Crowne successiue to his son.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 752 This function is successiue, and by tradition they teach their eldest sonnes the mysterie of this iniquitie.

1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 175 First for the Hereditarinesse of it, it [sc. leprosy] is a successive disease.

1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 50 Their Government is Monarchical, and Successive.

†b. Of persons: Succeeding by inheritance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > succeeding or succeeded

successive1592

succeeded1891

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > relating to succession of persons > succeeding (of a person, ruler, etc.) > by inheritance

successive1592

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. D4^v Your King, By hate depriued of his dearest sonne, The onely hope of our successiue line.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvii. 135 Her Pedigrees to show, her right successiue Kings.

1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 21 Jehu had special command to slay Jehoram a successive and hereditarie Tyrant.

1683 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De Natura Rerum (ed. 2) Notes 52 Every King whether Elective or Successive, Rules by the same Authority.

†c. Next in order of succession. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > relating to succession of persons > succeeding (of a person, ruler, etc.)

succeeding1561

successive1595

incoming1753

follow-on1960

1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine liv. 212 The princely mariage which now was fully concluded betweene his successiue heire..with the renouned Lady and Queene of Tormaday.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxvii. sig. H3 Now is blacke beauties successiue heire.

1632 P. Heylyn Augustus 212 Hee should resemble old Ianus with the two faces; with th'one looking on the King Regnant; with th'other, on the Prince successive.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 208 His son Deucalion bore successive sway.

†4. Attended or fraught with success; successful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective]

well-speedinga1500

well-succeeding1579

successive1582

successful1594

succeeding1595

get-on1853

trumph1895

high-riding1921

large1957

1582 [implied in: A. Munday Discouerie E. Campion sig. F3 Howe all thinges went successiuelie foreward. (at successively adv. 6)].

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation Ded. sig. ***^v To..Harvey,..if..the doubtlesse successiue benefit thereof..may worke any plausible..motions with you.

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xv. 297 In this successiue battaile it is to be noted..how religiously the Emperor both began and finished it.

1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Five Senses in Archaica (1815) II. 45 Weak is he in his resolves, unbounded in his desires, and seldom successive in his dispatch.

1659 Lady Alimony iii. i. sig. F3 His prosperous exploits abroad, then which none more successive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	successive
释义	successiveadj. Brit. /səkˈsɛsɪv/, U.S. /səkˈsɛsɪv/ Etymology: < medieval Latin successīvus, < success- , succēdĕre to succeed v. Compare French successif, Italian successivo, Portuguese sucessivo, Spanish sucesivo. 1. a. With plural or compound noun: Coming one after another in an uninterrupted sequence; following one another in order. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > successive or following one after another successive?a1475 progressional1570 consecutive1611 sequenta1616 progressive1620 back-to-back1626 running1682 seriatim1813 straight1899 tandem1926 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 117 Yorke hathe but ij. suffraganes subiecte to it oonly,..of the successiue institucions of whom somme thynges ar to be seide here by ordre. 1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Ll 2 Three successive Bishops, Iohn, Benedict, and Clement..excommunicated him. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxii. sig. T Furie..alwaies deliuers the author into successiue mischiefes. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xiv. 85 A constant train of successive Ideas. 1719 I. Watts Bk. Praise 92 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xvi. 137 A view of the successive changes of the English coin to the present time. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xiii. 286 These crucibles gradually deteriorate and become injured by successive operations. 1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 15 The multiplication of all the successive numbers from 1 up to some high number. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 16 By repeated reflection, successive echos are sent to the ear. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 305 In countries where the winters are severe, ordinary building-stones and mortar are found to peel off in successive crusts. predicative passing into adverb.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 614 Since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night to men Successive . View more context for this quotation1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 184 They fall successive, and successive rise.1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 510 So moved the Greeks successive, rank by rank. b. With singular noun: Following another of the same kind in a regular sequence or series. Somewhat rare. Also quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent > that follows another of the same kind successive1595 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. l. sig. I2^v And three..he assailes;..each successiue after other quailes. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 9 Phi. What is a stroke? Ma. It is a successiue motion of the hand, directing the quantitie of euery note and rest in the song, with equall measure. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ix. xxiv. 127 When he fell, and kist the barren heath, His parent straight inspir'd successive breath. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 101 The Celerity of a Boat is continued by a successive dip of the Oar. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vi. 53 Then raise a second Plumb; A third successive be your earnest Care. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. vii. 181 He..took his leave, promising to be equipped and in readiness to embark with him on the second successive morning at ten o'clock. 1842 E. B. Browning Greek Christian Poets & Eng. Poets (1863) 114 What is this accent but a stroke, an emphasis, with a successive pause to make complete the time? †c. Of a condition, influence, etc.: Continuous, uninterrupted. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective] continualc1340 jointc1400 directa1513 unbroken1561 successive1586 continuate1601 uninterrupted1602 unintermitted1611 continued1628 concrete1651 constant1653 uninterrupted1657 unintermitting1661 solid1662 continuous1751 uninterrupt1776 unbroke1793 unintermittent1850 unbreathing1893 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. ix. 38 He diuers yeares good fortune had successiue in each thing. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 350 Her successive prosperitie. 1652 O. Felltham Brief Char. Low-Countries 2 A strong Earthquake would shake them to a Chaos, from which the successive force of the Sun..hath a little emended them. 2. Characterized by or involving succession; brought about or produced in succeeding stages. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > characterized by or involving succession sequent1609 successanean1635 successive1685 1685 H. More Let. 19 Jan. in J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 152 Successive Quantity seems more capable of being infinite then permanent Quantity. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Action Actions are again divided into Instantaneous, where the whole Effect is produced in the same Moment as the Creation of Light: And Successive, where the Effect is produced by degrees. 1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland (1792) I. viii. 119 The successive fall; in which the water, instead of making one continued shoot, falls through a succession of different stories. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. i. 11 We might, indeed, make a successive collection of the coins of the western emperors. 1835 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 4) I. 242 Doctrine of successive development not confirmed by the admission that man is of modern origin. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 198/2 A method of approximation, which is frequently used and of great importance, has obtained the name of successive substitution. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Successive Whorl, one whose members did not originate simultaneously, but in succession. †3. = hereditary adj. a. Of things: Descending or transmitted by succession or inheritance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] devolutea1464 successive?a1475 successional1602 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 283 This Kenulphus..havynge successyve hate of Offa his predecessor ageyne men of Kente. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 4 Plead my successiue Title with your swords: I am his first borne sonne. View more context for this quotation 1595 T. Bedingfield tr. N. Machiavelli Florentine Hist. To Rdr. To liue in the obedience of a successiue royall Monarchie. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xvii. lxxvi Leauing the Crowne successiue to his son. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 752 This function is successiue, and by tradition they teach their eldest sonnes the mysterie of this iniquitie. 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 175 First for the Hereditarinesse of it, it [sc. leprosy] is a successive disease. 1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 50 Their Government is Monarchical, and Successive. †b. Of persons: Succeeding by inheritance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > succeeding or succeeded successive1592 succeeded1891 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > relating to succession of persons > succeeding (of a person, ruler, etc.) > by inheritance successive1592 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. D4^v Your King, By hate depriued of his dearest sonne, The onely hope of our successiue line. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvii. 135 Her Pedigrees to show, her right successiue Kings. 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 21 Jehu had special command to slay Jehoram a successive and hereditarie Tyrant. 1683 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De Natura Rerum (ed. 2) Notes 52 Every King whether Elective or Successive, Rules by the same Authority. †c. Next in order of succession. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > relating to succession of persons > succeeding (of a person, ruler, etc.) succeeding1561 successive1595 incoming1753 follow-on1960 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine liv. 212 The princely mariage which now was fully concluded betweene his successiue heire..with the renouned Lady and Queene of Tormaday. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxvii. sig. H3 Now is blacke beauties successiue heire. View more context for this quotation 1632 P. Heylyn Augustus 212 Hee should resemble old Ianus with the two faces; with th'one looking on the King Regnant; with th'other, on the Prince successive. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 208 His son Deucalion bore successive sway. †4. Attended or fraught with success; successful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] well-speedinga1500 well-succeeding1579 successive1582 successful1594 succeeding1595 get-on1853 trumph1895 high-riding1921 large1957 1582 [implied in: A. Munday Discouerie E. Campion sig. F3 Howe all thinges went successiuelie foreward. (at successively adv. 6)]. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation Ded. sig. **^v To..Harvey,..if..the doubtlesse successiue benefit thereof..may worke any plausible..motions with you. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements* ii. xv. 297 In this successiue battaile it is to be noted..how religiously the Emperor both began and finished it. 1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Five Senses in Archaica (1815) II. 45 Weak is he in his resolves, unbounded in his desires, and seldom successive in his dispatch. 1659 Lady Alimony iii. i. sig. F3 His prosperous exploits abroad, then which none more successive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). successiveadv. /sʌksɪˈsʌɪviː/ Etymology: medieval Latin, adverb of successīvus successive adj. In succession. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adverb] aboutOE by rewc1225 by ordera1382 sue?a1425 in orderc1425 successively1439 suingly1453 seriatly?a1475 consequently1477 seriatim1495 in sequencea1575 successive1593 succeedingly1602 consequentially1607 subalternately1632 successfully1651 epassyterotically1652 consequent1692 serially1841 consecutively1847 solid1938 1593 in T. Morris Provosts of Methven (1875) 82 To the saidis Johnne Grahame, and Mariorie Rollok, his spous, and the langar levar of thame tua successiue. 1681 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 15 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Failing of heirs male the eldest daughter or heir female to be procreate betwixt them successive without division. 1687 W. Winstanley Lives Eng. Poets 71 He was successive a Musician, Schoolmaster, Servingman, Husbandman, Grasier, Poet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.?a1475adv.1593
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