Success \Suc*cess"\, n. [L. successus: cf. F. succ[`e]s. See Succeed.]

1. Act of succeeding; succession. [Obs.]

Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. --Spenser.

2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.

Men . . . that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success. --Bacon.

Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The tempter stood. --Milton.

3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue.

Dream of success and happy victory! --Shak.

Or teach with more success her son The vices of the time to shun. --Waller.

Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people. --Atterbury.

4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)