Succumb Definition

sə-kŭm
succumbed, succumbing, succumbs
verb
succumbed, succumbing, succumbs
To give way (to); yield; submit.
To succumb to persuasion.
Webster's New World
To die.
Half the population of the town succumbed to the plague.
Webster's New World

Origin of Succumb

  • Middle English succomben to bring down from Old French succomber from Latin succumbere to lie under, yield sub- sub- -cumbere to lie down (as in accumbere to lie down)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, present active infinitive of succumbō.

    From Wiktionary

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