suc·ceed 
(sək-sēd)
(sək-sēd)v. suc·ceed·ed, suc·ceed·ing, suc·ceeds
v.intr.
1.
a. To come next in time or order: She fell sick, and what succeeded was an outpouring of concern from her fans.
b. To replace another in office or position: The prince succeeded to the throne. See Synonyms at follow.
2. To accomplish something desired or intended: "Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne'er succeed" (Emily Dickinson).
3. Obsolete To pass to a person by way of inheritance.
v.tr.
1. To come after (something) in time or order; follow: Winter succeeds autumn.
2. To come after and take the place of: The heir succeeded the king.
[Middle English succeden, from Old French succeder, from Latin succēdere : sub-, near; see SUB- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
suc·cedent (sək-sēdnt) adj.
suc·ceeder n.
- practical joker
- practically
- practicalness
- practical nurse
- practice
- practiced
- practicer
- practice-teach
- practice teacher
- practice teaching
- practicing
- practicum
- practise
- practitioner
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- praedial
- praemorse
- praemorse
- praemunire
- praenomen
- praenominal
- praetor
- praetorial
- praetorian
- Praetorian Guard