Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUC-CEED'ING, ppr.

1. Following in order; subsequent; coming after; as, in all succeeding ages. He attended to the business in every succeeding stage of its progress.
2. Taking the place of another who has quitted the place, or is dead; as, a son succeeding his father; officer succeeding his predecessor.
3. Giving success; prospering.