( a. )
Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.
( a. )
Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012