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Succumb

Succumb Meaning & Definition
Succumb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Succumb?

[v] consent reluctantly
[v] be fatally overwhelmed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Succumb: buckle under | give in | knuckle under | yield | yield

Related Terms | Find terms related to Succumb:

See Also | accede | accept | bow | consent | decease | defer | die | exit | expire | go | go for | pass | pass away | perish | submit

Succumb In Webster's Dictionary

\Suc*cumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent}, {Cubit}.] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.

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