- to give way (to); yield; submit: to succumb to persuasion
- to die: half the population of the town succumbed to the plague
Origin of succumb
Classical Latin succumbere from sub-, sub- + cumbere, nasalized form of cubare, to lie: see cube
verb
Succumb is defined as to give in to someone or something or to die.
An example of succumb is someone handing over their property to the government after a long court battle.
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succumb
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, especially from a disease or injury.
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 )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present succumbs, present participle succumbing, simple past and past participle succumbed)
- (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
- succumb to temptation
- succumb under misfortunes
- Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization.
- (intransitive) To give up, or give in.
- (intransitive) To die.
- succumb to pneumonia
Origin
From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, present active infinitive of succumbÅ.
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Sentence Examples
- He succumbed to defeat.
- Even good leaders eventually succumb to the pressure of the ruling class.
- He finally succumbed to his illness this past December.
- Those without hats nearly succumbed to frostbite.
- Do not succumb to peer pressure to drink too much.
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