Suc*ces"sive (?), a.
[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,
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