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succumb Definition


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succumb
verb, intr succumbed, succumbing
    1. To give in to (eg pressure, temptation, desire, etc).
      Example: succumbed to her charms
      Thesaurus: yield, submit, surrender, give up, accede, capitulate, knuckle under; Antonym: overcome.
    2. To fall victim to or to die of (something, especially a disease, old age, etc).
Etymology: 15c: from Latin cumbere to lie down.



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