Succeed

·vi To go under cover.

II. Succeed ·vt To fall heir to; to Inherit.

III. Succeed ·vi Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

IV. Succeed ·vi To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to Devolve.

V. Succeed ·vt To Support; to Prosper; to Promote.

VI. Succeed ·vt To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to Follow; to Pursue.

VII. Succeed ·vt To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.

VIII. Succeed ·vi To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.

IX. Succeed ·vi To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to Follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything;

— often with to.