4. 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.
It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition.
Dryden.
Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English.
Dryden. 5. To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.]
Will you to the cooler cave succeed!
Dryden. Syn. — To follow; pursue. See Follow.
Succeedant
(Suc*ceed"ant) a. (Her.) Succeeding one another; following.
Succeeder
(Suc*ceed"er) n. A successor. Shak. Tennyson.
Succeeding
(Suc*ceed"ing), n. The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds,
or follows after; consequence. Shak.
Succentor
(Suc"cen*tor) n. [LL., an accompanier in singing, fr. succinere to sing, to accompany; sub
under, after + canere to sing.] (Eccl.) A subchanter.
Success
(Suc*cess") n. [L. successus: cf. F. succès. See Succeed.]
1. Act of succeeding; succession. [Obs.]
Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned
By due success.
Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether
good or bad; the outcome of effort.
Men . . . that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success.
Bacon.
Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The tempter stood.
Milton. 3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous
issue.
Dream of success and happy victory!
Shak.
Or teach with more success her son
The vices of the time to shun.
Waller.
Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people.
Atterbury. 4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player. [Colloq.]
Successary
(Suc"ces*sa*ry) n. Succession. [Obs.]
My peculiar honors, not derived
From successary, but purchased with my blood.
Beau. & Fl. Successful
(Suc*cess"ful) a. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing
what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of
medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.
Welcome, nephews, from successful wars.
Shak.
