Hypertext Webster Gateway: "succumb"
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) 1.7 (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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