v. [f. L. succent-, pa. ppl. stem of succinĕre (see next).] To sing the second part of a verse, etc. (trans. and intr.).
1880. Smith & Cheetham, Dict. Chr. Antiq., II. 1745/1. One voice sang the first part of a verse … and the rest of the congregation all together succented it, that is, sang the close of it. Ibid., 1942/1. The passages already quoted point to this officer’s duty of ‘succenting’ in the service of the church.
1904. J. Campbell, Ch. & Par. Kirkcaldy, i. 18. Every psalm was sung in a different manner; one would be sung as a solo … another by a leader ‘incepting’ the verse, while the congregation ‘succented’ the second halves of the verses.
