(transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.

(transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.

(often with to) (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; .

(often with to) Come in the place of another person, thing, or event, follow in the usual course of things, come next in possession of anything, and ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.

(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.

(intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.

(intransitive, dated) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).

(transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.

(often with to) (intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; .

(transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.

(with to) (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near .