SUCCUMB

succumb. Succumb, v.i. to yield, give up, sink or fall under

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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.