Category:Successive

Suc*ces"sive, a. Etym: [cf. F. successif. See succeed.]

1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after Without interruption or interval; following one after another in a Line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; The successive kings of egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. Send the successive ills through ages down. Prior.

2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; Inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a Successive empire. [obs.] Shak. Successive induction. (math.) See Induction, 5.