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Successive, -yve, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. successive, successyve (a1450), OF successif (1372 in Larousse), med. L. successivus, f. L. successum, supine of succēdere.] a. That follows; following. b. Concerned with rights of inheritance; hereditary. —a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2803.
Now tellis this story successive, That this King Menone had a wyf [etc.] —b. c1420 Wynt. viii 518.
That the fyrst get in all kyn gre, … Suld gyve swylk prerogatyve, Till swilk gret rychtis successyve, That [etc.]
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