succumbing Definition

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.