Successless
(Suc*cess"less) a. Having no success.
Successless all her soft caresses prove.
Pope. — Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. — Suc*cess"less*ness, n.
Successor
(Suc*ces"sor) n. [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor.
See Succeed.] One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and
sustains the like part or character; — correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.
Chaucer.
A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute
property in them so lond as the corporation subsists.
Blackstone. Succiduous
(Suc*cid"u*ous) a. [L. succiduus, fr. succidere to fall under.] Ready to fall; falling. [R.]
Succiferous
(Suc*cif"er*ous) a. [L. succus, sucus, juice, sap + -ferous.] Producing or conveying sap.
Succinamate
(Suc`cin*am"ate) n. (Chem.) A salt of succinamic acid.
Succinamic
(Suc`cin*am"ic) a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of
succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.
Succinate
(Suc"ci*nate) n. [L. succinum, sucinum, amber, from succus, sucus, juice, sap: cf. F. succinate.]
(Chem.) A salt of succinic acid.
Succinct
(Suc*cinct") a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up;
sub + cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture.]
1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
His habit fit for speed succinct.
Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.
Roscommon.
The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
South. Syn. — Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse.
— Suc*cinct"ly, adv. — Suc*cinct"ness, n.
Succinic
(Suc*cin"ic) a. [Cf. F. succinique. See Succinate.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from,
amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, CH.(COH) first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is
found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white
crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.
Succinimide
(Suc`cin*im"ide) n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH,
obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series
of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
Succinite
(Suc"ci*nite) n. [Cf. F. succinite.] (Min.) (a) Amber. (b) A garnet of an amber color.
Succinous
(Suc"ci*nous) a. [From L. succinum amber.] Succinic. [R.]
