Succeed

Autumn succeeds summer.

Destructive effects […] succeeded the curse.

The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.

After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic.

Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.

Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.

So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me.

An heir in possession of an entailed estate succeeded to another estate under an entail which required him to denude of one of them. Held that before making his election he could not make up a title to or disentail the second estate.

Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died.

If he succeeded in February, 670, this would be his sixteenth year.

The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime.

She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank.

The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

Risk here refers to the fact that working-class families are less likely to have members who have already attended and succeeded at university, which means that university is perceived as a more uncertain and thus risky proposition.

voted most likely to succeed

Legumes thrive better on this soil than on any of those derived entirely from acid materials. Applications of lime benefit clover […] Even with artificial drainage, alfalfa will not succeed, as roots cannot penetrate deep enough.

In some parts of Germany it is commonly believed that whatever is undertaken when the moon is on the increase succeeds well [...] whereas business undertaken in the wane of the moon is doomed to failure.

An excellent hospital nurse may succeed poorly in private work, for the executive ability that means so much in the hospital counts for little in caring for a single patient.

Succeed my wish and second my design.

[…] and his Royal Highness, who by their presence and incouragement inspired a new life and vigour into the sinking spirits of the Citizens, whereby God was pleased so far to succeed their endeavours, that a stop was put to the fury[…]

A paterfamilias could arrange a marriage or emancipate a child without its mother's consent, and if the mother died intestate (possibly because her tutor refused to approve her will) her estate succeeded to her siblings, not to her husband or children, […]

Else let my brother die, / If not a feodary, but only he / Owe and succeed thy weakness.

(iv) By Transmission of Shares: A person may become a member by registration if he succeeds the estate of a deceased member.

Who, ever as he saw him nigh succeed, / Gan cry aloud with horrible affright, […]

Or will you to the cooler cave succeed, / Whose mouth the curling vines have overspread? […] […] And snakes, familiar, to the hearth succeed, / Disclose their eggs, and near the chimney breed— […] To his rough palate his dry tongue succeeds;