success

SUCCESS', noun [Latin successus, from succedo.]1. The favorable or prosperous termination of any thing attempted; a termination which answers the purpose intended; properly in a good sense, but often in a bad sense.Or teach with more success her son, The vices of the time to shun.Every reasonable man cannot but wish me success in this attempt.Be not discouraged in a laudable undertaking at the ill success of the first attempt.Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people.2. Succession. [Not in use.][Note. success without an epithet, generally means a prosperous issue.]