Syn. — Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate.
— Suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. — Suc*cess"ful*ness, n.
Succession
(Suc*ces"sion) n. [L. successio: cf. F. succession. See Succeed.]
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of
things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters.
2. A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of
kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology.
He was in the succession to an earldom.
Macaulay. 3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent. "A long succession must ensue." Milton.
4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to
enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or
rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne.
You have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark.
Shak.
The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession.
Macaulay. 5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one
preceding in an established order.
6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. [R.] Milton.
Apostolical succession. (Theol.) See under Apostolical. — Succession duty, a tax imposed on
every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the
previous owner. [Eng.] — Succession of crops. (Agric.) See Rotation of crops, under Rotation.
Successional
(Suc*ces"sion*al) a. Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive.
"Successional teeth." Flower. — Suc*ces"sion*al*ly, adv.
Successionist
(Suc*ces"sion*ist), n. A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of
events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
Successive
(Suc*ces"sive) a. [Cf. F. successif. See Succeed.]
1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one
after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings
of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer.
Send the successive ills through ages down.
Prior. 2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a
successive title; a successive empire. [Obs.] Shak.
Successive induction. (Math.) See Induction, 5.
Successively
(Suc*ces"sive*ly), adv. In a successive manner.
The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet.
Sir I. Newton. Successiveness
(Suc*ces"sive*ness), n. The quality or state of being successive.
