succession 
These 2 Kings they have at present are not any way re- 
lated in their Descent or Families, nor could I learn now 
long their Government has continued in the present form ; 
hut it appears to have been for some successions. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 67. 
This hereditary right should be kept so sacred as never 
to break the succession. 
Sictft, Sentiments of a Ch. of Eng. Man, 11. 
Although their [the Beauforts 1 ] legitimation by pope and 
parliament was complete, they were excluded from the 
succession by llenry IV. so far as he had power to do it. 
Stubts, Const. Hist., 347. 
(b) Scales., the act of succeeding to clerical office or re- 
ceiving transmitted authority through ordination ; a series 
of persons so succeeding. See apostolic succession, under 
apostolic. 
We can justify that [mission] of our fathers by an un- 
interrupted succession from Christ himself : a succession 
which hath already continued longer than the Aaronical 
priesthood, and will, we doubt not, still continue till the 
church militant and time itself shall be no more. 
Up. Atterbury, Sermons, I. xvm. 
3. An order or series of descendants ; lineage ; 
successors collectively ; heirs. 
Cassibelan, ... for him 
And his succession, granted Rome a tribute, 
Yearly three thousand pounds. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 1. 8. 
4. In biol., descent with modification in un- 
broken evolutionary series; the sequence of 
organic forms thus developed; the fact or the 
result of evolution or development along any 
line of descent or during any period of time. 
5f. A person succeeding to rank, office, or the 
like. Milton. 6. In music, same as progres- 
sion (of parts) or as sequence, 5. 7. InpsycTtol., 
suggestion; association. Sir W. Hamilton. 
Apostolic succession. See apostolic. Arms of succes- 
sion, in her. See armz, 7 (d). Conjunct succession. 
Same as conjunct motion (which see, under conjunct). 
Law Of succession, the law regulating inheritance. 
(See descent and distribution.) In civil law succession is 
either singular or universal. It is the former when it 
passes one or more separate rights, the latter when all the 
rights as an aggregate are considered to pass. Lucra- 
tive succession. See lucrative. Bight of succession, 
the right to succeed ; the right to take by succession. 
Succession Act, Succession to the Crown Act. See 
Limitation of the Crown Act, under limitation. Succes- 
sion bath, a bath in which cold and hot water are alter- 
nately applied. Succession Duty Act, an English stat- 
ute of 1853 (16 and 17 Viet, c. 51) which imposed a tax upon 
property transmitted by will or operation of law. A class 
of somewhat similar statutes is known as collateral-in- 
heritance tax inics. Succession Of crops, in aijri., the 
rotation of crops. See rotation. Succession tax, in 
law, a tax on property passing by succession ; a tax on the 
devolution of property by inheritance or will. A collat- 
eral-inheritance tax is a succession tax on the devolution 
of property on others than direct descendants or progeni- 
tors. A legacy tax is a succession tax on devolution in 
some or all cases by will. Teeth of succession. See 
tooth.- Title by succession, (a) Title acquired by in- 
heritance, etc. (&) More specifically, the continuity of 
title in a corporation notwithstanding successive changes 
of membership. Wars of succession, wars undertaken 
for the purpose of settling a disputed succession to a 
throne. The most notable are those of the Spanish Suc- 
cession (1701 - 13), of the Austrian Succession (1741-8), and 
of the Bavarian Succession (1778-9). 
successional (suk-sesh'on-al), . [< succession 
+ -(.] Eclating to succession; implying suc- 
cession; existing in succession; consecutive: 
as, "successional tooth," Owen, Anat. of Verte- 
brates, 70. 
successipnally (suk-sesh'on-al-i), adv. In a 
successioual manner; by way of succession. 
Secessionist (suk-sesh'on-ist), . [< succession 
+ -ist.~] One who insists on the validity and 
necessity of a given succession of persons or 
events ; especially, one who adheres to the doc- 
trine of apostolic succession. 
successive (suk-ses'iv), a. [= F. sitccessif = 
Sp. sucesivo = Pg. It. successivo, < ML. successi- 
vus, successive, < L. succedere, pp. successus, 
succeed: see succeed, success.'] 1. Following 
in order or uninterrupted course, either in time 
or in place, as a series of persons or things; 
consecutive. 
Send the successive ills through ages down. Prior. 
2f. Inherited by succession ; having or giving 
the right of succeeding to an inheritance ; he- 
reditary. 
And countrymen, my loving followers, 
Plead my successive title with your swords. 
Shale., Tit. And., i. 1. 4. 
This function is successiue, and by tradition they teach 
their eldest sonnes the mysterie of this iniquitie. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 752. 
Successive Indorsements. See indorsement, 3 (a). 
successively (suk-ses'iv-li), adv. 1. In succes- 
sion; in a series or uninterrupted order, one 
following another. 
These wet and dry Seasons do as successively follow each 
other as Winter and Summer do with us. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. iii. 2. 
2. By order of succession and inheritance. 
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But as successively from blood to blood, 
Your right of birth, your empery, your own. 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 135. 
3f. Successfully; fully; completely; entirely. 
Fairfax. (Imp. Diet.) 
successiveness (suk-ses'iv-nes), . The state 
of being successive. Bailey. 
successless (suk-ses'les), a. [< success + -less.] 
Without success. 
Successless wars, and poverty behind. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., ii. 587. 
SUCCCSSlessly (suk-ses'les-li), adv. In a suc- 
cessless manner; without success. Imp. Diet. 
SUCCesslessnCSS (suk-ses'les-nes), n. The state 
of being successless; want of success. Imp. 
Diet. 
successor (suk-ses'or), re, [< F. successeur = 
Sp. sucesor = Pg. successor = It. successore, < L. 
successor, a follower, one who succeeds, < suc- 
cedere, follow after, succeed: see succeed.'] One 
who or that which succeeds or follows; one 
who takes the place which another has left, 
and sustains the like part or character: cor- 
relative to predecessor. 
I here declare you rightful successor, 
And heir immediate to my crown. 
Dryden, Secret Love, v. 1. 
The splendid literature of the classic period in Greece 
and Rome had no successors, but only the feeblest of imi- 
tators. N. A. Rev., CXL. 329. 
Singular successor. See singular. 
successorship (suk-ses'or-ship), n. [< successor 
+ -ship.'] The state or office of a successor; 
the position of being in the line of succession. 
successory (suk-ses'o-ri), a. [< LL. successo- 
rius, of or belonging to succession, < successor, 
one who succeeds: see successor. ~\ Of or per- 
taining to succession. 
SUCCl, n. Plural of succus. 
SUCCiduoUS (suk-sid'u-us), a. [< L. succiduus, 
sinking down, failing, < succidere, sink down, < 
sub, under, + cadere, fall: see cadent. Of. de- 
ciduous.'] Ready to fall ; falling. [Rare.] Imp. 
Diet. 
succiferous (suk-sif 'e-ras), a. [< L. succus, sucus, 
juice, + -i- + ferre"= E. bear 1 : see -ferous.] 
Producing or conveying sap. Imp. Diet. 
SUCCin (suk'sin), n. [< L. succinum, sucinum, 
amber (usually called eleetrum)."] Amber. 
SUCCinate (suk'si-nat), w. [< succin(ic) + -ate 1 .] 
A salt of succinic acid. 
succinated (suk'si-na-ted), a. [< succin(ic) + 
-ate 1 + -ed^.~\ Combined with or containing 
succinic acid. 
succinct (suk-singkf), [= F. succinct = Sp. 
sucinto = Pg. It. succinto, < L. succinetus, pp. 
of succingere, gird below or from below, tuck 
up, < sub, under, + cingere, gird : see cincture."] 
1 . Drawn up, or held up, by or as by a girdle or 
band ; passed through the girdle, as a loose gar- 
ment the folds of which are so retained ; hence, 
unimpeded. [Rare.] 
His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton, P. L., iii. 643. 
Over her broad brow in many a round, . . . 
Succinct, as toil prescribes, the hair was wound 
In lustrous coils, a natural diadem. 
Lowell, Ode for Fourth of July, 1876, i. 1. 
2. Compressed into a small compass, especially 
into few words; characterized by verbal brev- 
ity ; short ; brief ; concise ; terse : as, & succinct 
account of the proceedings of the council. 
Hee [man] is stiled a little and succinct world within 
himself e. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 83. 
A strict and succinct style is that where you can take 
away nothing without losse, and that losse to be manifest. 
B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct, 
The language plain, and incidents well link'd. 
Cowper, Conversation, 1. 235. 
3. In entom., girdled, as a lepidopterous pupa ; 
having the character of those chrysalids which 
are supported by a silken thread around the 
middle. See cut 6 under Papilionidee. = Syn. 2, 
Condensed, Laconic, etc. See concise. 
succinctly (suk-singkt'li), adv. In a succinct 
manner; briefly; concisely; tersely: as, the 
facts were succinctly stated. 
succinctness (suk-singkt'nes), . The state or 
character of being succinct ; brevity ; concise- 
ness; terseness: as, the succinctness of a nar- 
ration. 
succinctorium (suk-singk-to'ri-utn), n. ; pi. suc- 
cinctoria (-a). [LL., < L. succinetus, pp. of suc- 
cingere, gird: see succinct.'] A vestment worn 
on solemn occasions by the Pope, similar in 
shape to a maniple, and hanging on his left 
side from a cincture or girdle (also called suc- 
cinctorium or subcingulum) answering to the 
lower of the two girdles formerly worn by bish- 
succor 
ops with a similar pendent ornament, some- 
times on both sides. It has been variously explained 
as originally a towel or cloth, and connected by some 
with the gremial or the Greek epigonation, or as a purse, 
at first a pair of purses. It has embroidered upon it an 
Agnus Dei bearing a banner. Also subcinctorium. 
SUCCinctory (suk-singk'to-ri), H. ; pi. succincto- 
ries (-riz). [< LL. succinctorium: see succinc- 
torium.'] Same as succinctorium. 
Succinea (suk-sin'e-a), n. [NL. (Drapiez), 
< L. succineus, sucineu's, of amber, < succinum, 
sucinum, amber: see succin.'] The typical ge- 
nus of Succineides; the amber-snails. AlsoSuc- 
cinsea, Succinia. 
Succineidae (suk-si-ne'i-de), . pi. [NL., < 
Succinea + -idee.'] A family of geophilous pul- 
monate gastropods, typified by the genus Suc- 
cinea. The shell is more or less developed, spiral, thin, 
and transparent; tbe mantle is more or less included; 
the jaw is surmounted by an accessory quadrangular 
plate ; and the teeth are differentiated into three kinds. 
succinic (suk-siu'ik), a. [< succin + -ic.] Of 
or pertaining to amber; obtained from amber. 
Succinic acid, C 4 H e 04, a dibasic acid crystallizing in 
white monoclinic tables having a faint acid taste and quite 
soluble in water. It is obtained by the dry distillation 
of amber, by the fermentation of calcium malate, and in 
small amount is a product of a variety of fermentations. 
It was formerly employed in medicine, under the name of 
salt of amber. Also called acid of amber. 
succinite (suk'si-nit), n. [< succin + -ite 2 .] 
1. An amber-colored variety of lime-garnet. 
2. A name given to amber. 
SUCCinous (suk'si-nus), a. [< L. succinus, suci- 
nus, of amber: see succin."] Pertaining to or 
resembling amber. 
SUCCirubra-bark (suk-si-ro'bra-bark), n. [< 
NL. succirubra, specific name, fern, of *succiru- 
ber, < L. succus, sucus, juice, + ruber, red : see 
red."] The bark of Cinchona succirubra; red 
cinchona. 
SUCCise (suk-sis'), a. In bot., appearing as if 
cut or broken off at the lower end. A. Gray. 
SUCCisiont (suk-sizh'on), n. [< LL. succisio(n-), 
a cutting off or away, < L. succidere, pp. succisus, 
cut off, cut from below, < sub, under, + ctedere, 
cut.] The act of cutting off or down. 
In the succision of trees. Bacon. (Imp. Diet.) 
SUCcivorOUS (suk-siv'o-rus), a. [< L. succus, 
sucus, juice, + vorare, 'devour.] Feeding upon 
the juices of plants, as an insect. 
succlamationt (suk-la-ma'shon), n. [< L. sue- 
clamatio(n-), a crying out, < succlamare, cry out, 
exclaim after or in reply, < sub, under, after, + 
clamare, cry out : see claim."] A shouting after ; 
a calling after, as to deter. 
Why may we not also, by some such succlamations as 
these, call off young men to the better side? 
Plutarch's Morals (trans.), iii. 412. 
succor, succour (suk'or), v. t. [< ME. socouren, 
sokouren, soucouren, socoren, sucuren, < OF. su- 
curre, soscorre, soscorrer, soscorrir, later secourir, 
F. secourir = Pr. soccorre, secorre, secorrer = Sp. 
soeorrer = Pg. soccorrer = It. soccorrere,<'L. suc- 
currere, subcurrere, run under, run to the aid of, 
aid, help, succor, < sub, under, + currere, run: 
see current."] To help or relieve when in diffi- 
culty, want, or distress ; assist and deliver from 
suffering. 
And anon the Cristene men kneleden to the grounde, 
and made hire preyeres to God, to sokoure hem. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 260. 
He is able to succour them that are tempted. Heb. ii. 18. 
Bethink thee, mayest thou not be born 
To raise the crushed and succor the forlorn? 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 106. 
SUCCOr, SUCCOUr (suk'or), n. [< ME. socour, so- 
cours, socurs, sucurs, < OF. sucurs, secours, sous- 
cars, F. secours = Pr. socors, secors = Sp. so- 
corro = Pg. soccorro = It. soccorso, < ML. suc- 
cursus, help, succor, < L. succurrere, help, suc- 
cor: see succor, v.~] 1. Aid; help; assistance. 
Thus, alas ! withouten his socours, 
Twenty tyme yswowned hath she thanne. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1341. 
My noble father, . . . 
Flying for succour to his servant. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 1. 109. 
She . . . knew them all, had studied their wants, had 
again and again felt in what way they might best be suc- 
cored, could the means of succor only be found. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xiv. 
2. The person or thing that brings relief; es- 
pecially, troops serving as an aid or assistance. 
Than com the socours on bothe sides, and ther be-gan 
the bataile a-bowte Gawein fell and longe lastinge. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 198. 
The levied succours that should lend him aid. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 4. 23. 
Take up the bodies; mourn in heart, my friends; 
You have lost two noble succours ; follow me. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, v. 2. 
