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Webster 1913 Edition

Successful

Suc-cess′ful

,
Adj.
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy;
as, a
successful
use of medicine; a
successful
experiment; a
successful
enterprise
.
Welcome, nephews, from
successful
wars.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See
Fortunate
.
–
Suc-cess′ful-ly
,
adv.
–
Suc-cess′ful-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Successful

SUCCESS'FUL

,
Adj.
Terminating in accomplishing what is wished or intended; having the desired effect; hence, in a good sense, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as a successful application of medicine; a successful experiment in chimistry or in agriculture; a successful enterprise.
1.
In a bad sense; as a successful attempt to subvert the constitution.

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