تتابع

It was, or became, consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its progressions, or gradations, or the like; synonym تَوَالَى. (K.) You say, تتابع سُقُوطُهُ [Its falling, falling down, dropping, dropping down, or tumbling down, was, or became, consecutive, &c.; i. e. it fell, fell down, &c., in consecutive portions or quantities]. (M and K in article سقط.) And تتابع القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, followed one another. (Msb.) And تَتَابَعَتِ الأَشْيَاءُ, and الأَمْطَارُ, and الأُمُورُ, The things, and the rains, and the events, came one after another, each following near upon another. (Lth.) And it is said in a tradition, تَتَابَعَتْ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ سِنُو جَدْبٍ [Years of dearth, drought, or sterility, came consecutively upon Kureysh]. (TA.)

تتابع الفَرَسُ (tropical:) The horse ran evenly, not raising one of his limbs [above its fellow]. (TA.)

تتابعت الإِبِلُ (tropical:) The camels became fat and goodly. (TA.)