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succumb |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Succumb \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: succumb v 1: consent reluctantly [syn: {yield}, {give in}, {knuckle under}, {buckle under}] 2: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: {yield}] [ant: {survive}]
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