Meaning of SUCCUMB
| Pronunciation: | | su'kum
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- [v] consent reluctantly
- [v] be fatally overwhelmed
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SUCCUMB is a 7 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | buckle under, give in, knuckle under, yield, yield |
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| | Antonyms: | | come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive | | |
| | See Also: | | accede, accept, bow, consent, decease, defer, die, exit, expire, go, go for, pass, pass away, perish, submit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Suc*cumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in
comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent},
{Cubit}.]
To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb
under calamities; to succumb to disease.
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