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succumb

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English

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchsuccomber, fromLatinsuccumbō.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /səˈkʌm/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
Rhymes:-ʌm

Verb

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succumb (third-person singular simple presentsuccumbs,present participlesuccumbing,simple past and past participlesuccumbedorsuccame)

(intransitive) Toyield to anoverpoweringforce oroverwhelmingdesire.
succumb to temptation
succumb under misfortunes
Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, issuccumbing to the influence of westernization.
- 2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:
  Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle beforesuccumbing to his injury.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, inRAIL, number948, page28:
  Sadly, the independent bookshop that occupied a room in the southern station building hassuccumbed to closure, due to the pandemic.
(intransitive) Togive up, orgive in.
(intransitive, euphemistic) Todie.
succumb to pneumonia
- 1976 December 25, “Untitled cartoon”, inGay Community News, volume 4, number26, page 5:
  Upon returning to his flat, he discovered much to his dismay, that his ficus benjamina hadsuccumbed.
(transitive) Tooverwhelm orbring down.
- 2012, Scott M. Garrett,Forever Different,→ISBN:
  He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury tosuccumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.
- 2014, Gideon C Mekwunye,Tear Drops - Part 2,→ISBN, page455:
  She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only tosuccumb him to the abuse of his aunt.
- 2015, David Marlett,Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History,→ISBN:
  Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would neverthelesssuccumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression.