The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Succeed \Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under +
   cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F.
   succ['e]der. See Cede, and cf. Success.]
   1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the
      place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on
      the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
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            As he saw him nigh succeed.           --Spenser.
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   2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
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   3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to
      follow; to pursue.
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            Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir
                                                  T. Browne.
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   4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]
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            Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Succeeding \Suc*ceed"ing\, n.
   The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which
   succeeds, or follows after; consequence. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

succeeding
    adj 1: coming after or following [ant: preceding(a)]
    2: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
       president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "succeeding":
   after, appendant, assured of success, attendant, cadet, coming,
   consecutive, consequent, crowned with success, ensuing, following,
   fortunate, junior, later, lineal, made, next, on the up-and-up,
   on top, out in front, posterior, postpositional, postpositive,
   prosperous, proximate, puisne, sequacious, sequent, sequential,
   serial, subsequent, successful, successional, successive, suffixed,
   surefire, trailing, triumphant, younger