succumb

Succumb is defined as to give in to someone or something or to die.

(verb)

An example of succumb is someone handing over their property to the government after a long court battle.

See succumb in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

Origin: L succumbere < sub-, sub- + cumbere, nasalized form of cubare, to lie: see cube

See succumb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb suc·cumbed, suc·cumb·ing, suc·cumbs

To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield.
To die.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English succomben, to bring down

Origin: , from Old French succomber

Origin: , from Latin succumbere, to lie under, yield

Origin: : sub-, sub-

Origin: + -cumbere, to lie down (as in accumbere, to lie down)

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