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▪ I. successive, a.|səkˈsɛsɪv|
[ad. med.L. successīvus, f. success-, succēdĕre to succeed. Cf. F. successif, It., Pg. successivo, Sp. sucesivo.]
1. a. With pl. or compound n.: Coming one after another in an uninterrupted sequence; following one another in order.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) 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. 1606G. W[oodcocke] Lives Emp. in Hist. Ivstine L l 2 Three successive Bishops, Iohn, Benedict, and Clement..excommunicated him. 1628Feltham Resolves ii. lxii. 177 Furie..alwaies deliuers the author into successiue mischiefes. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xiv. §6 A constant train of successive ideas. 1719I. Watts Bk. Praise 92 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run. 1788Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xvi. 137 A view of the successive changes of the English coin to the present time. 1827Faraday Chem. Manip. xiii. (1842) 291 These crucibles gradually deteriorate and become injured by successive operations. 1838De Morgan Ess. Probab. 15 The multiplication of all the successive numbers from 1 up to some high number. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. ii. 16 By repeated reflection, successive echos are sent to the ear. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. 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 adv.1667Milton P.L. iv. 614 Since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night to men Successive. 1716Pope Iliad vi. 184 They fall successive and successive rise. 1791Cowper Iliad iv. 510 So moved the Greeks successive, rank by rank.
b. With sing. n.: Following another of the same kind in a regular sequence or series. Somewhat rare. Also quasi-adv.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 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. 1609Daniel Civ. Wars iv. l, And three..he assailes;..each successiue after other quailes. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ix. xxiv, When he fell, and kist the barren heath, His parent straight inspir'd successive breath. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. xvi. 101 The Celerity of a Boat is continued by a successive dip of the Oar. 1746Francis tr. Hor., Epist. i. vi. 53 Then raise a second Plumb; A third successive be your earnest Care. 1822Scott Nigel vii, He..took his leave, promising to be equipped and in readiness to embark with him on the second successive morning at ten o'clock. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. 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. Obs.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. ii. ix, He divers yeares good fortune had, successive in each thing. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 350 Her successive prosperitie. 1652Feltham Low Countries (1677) 45 A strong Earth Quake would shake them to a Chaos, from which the successive force of the Sun..hath a little amended them.
2. Characterized by or involving succession; brought about or produced in succeeding stages.
1685H. More Let. in J. Norris Theory Love (1688) 152 Successive Quantity seems more capable of being infinite then permanent Quantity. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Action, Actions are..divided into Instantaneous, where the whole Effect is produced in the same Moment;..And Successive, where the Effect is produced by degrees. 1786Gilpin Mount. & Lakes Cumb. (1792) I. viii. 119 The successive fall; in which the water, instead of making one continued shoot, falls through a succession of different stories. 1799G. Smith Laboratory II. 11 We might, indeed, make a successive collection of the coins of the western emperors. 1835Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 4) I. 242 Doctrine of successive development not confirmed by the admission that man is of modern origin. 1842[see substitution 5]. 1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Successive Whorl, one whose members did not originate simultaneously, but in succession.
†3. = hereditary.
a. Of things: Descending or transmitted by succession or inheritance. Obs.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 283 This Kenulphus..havynge successyve hate of Offa his predecessor ageyne men of Kente. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 4 Pleade my Successiue Title with your Swords. I was the first borne Sonne. 1594T. Bedingfield tr. Machiavelli's Florentine Hist. (1595) To Rdr., To liue in the obedience of a successiue royall Monarchie. 1609Heywood Brit. Troy xvii. lxxvi, Leauing the Crowne successiue to his son. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 752 This function is successiue, and by tradition they teach their eldest sonnes the mysterie of this iniquitie. 1640Fuller Joseph's Party Col. Coat 175 First for the Hereditarinesse of it, it [sc. leprosy] is a successive disease. 1698G. Thomas Pensilvania 50 Their Government is Monarchical, and Successive.
†b. Of persons: Succeeding by inheritance. Obs.
1592Kyd Sp. Trag. iii. i. 14 Your King, By hate depriued of his dearest sonne, The onely hope of our successiue line. 1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxvii. 276 Her Pedigrees to show, her right successiue Kings. 1649Milton Tenure Kings 21 Jehu had special command to slay Jehoram a successive and hereditarie Tyrant. 1683Creech Lucret. (ed. 2) Notes 52 Every King whether Elective or Successive, Rules by the same Authority.
†c. Next in order of succession. Also transf.
1595T. P. Goodwine Blanchardyn liv. 212 The princely mariage which now was fully concluded betweene his successiue heire..with the renouned Lady and Queene of Tormaday. c1600Shakes. Sonn. cxxvii, Blacke..now is blacke beauties successiue heire. 1632H. Seile 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. 1726Pope Odyss. xix. 208 His son Deucalion bore successive sway.
†4. Attended or fraught with success; successful.
1582[implied in successively 6]. 1593G. Harvey's Pierce's Super. To Harvey, If..the doubtlesse successiue benefit thereof..may worke any plausible..motions with you. 1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 347 In this successive battell it is to be noted..how religiously the Emperour both began and finished it. 1620R. Brathwait Five Senses in Archaica (1815) II. 45 Weak is he in his resolves, unbounded in his desires, and seldom successive in his dispatch. 1659Lady Alimony iii. i, His prosperous exploits abroad, then which none more successive.
▪ II. ‖ successive, adv.|sʌksɪˈsaɪviː|
[med.L., adv. of successīvus successive.]
In succession.
1593in 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. 1681in Nairne Peerage Evidence (1874) 15 Failing of heirs male the eldest daughter or heir female to be procreate betwixt them successive without division. 1687Winstanley Lives Engl. Poets 71 He was successive a Musician, Schoolmaster, Servingman, Husbandman, Grasier, Poet. |