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suc⋅cumb

  [suh-kuhm]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.
Origin:
1480–90; < L succumbere, equiv. to suc- suc- + -cumbere, transit. deriv. of cubāre to lie, recline; cf. incumbent

Related forms:
suc⋅cumb⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. submit, accede, surrender.
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suc·cumb   (sə-kŭm')   
intr.v.   suc·cumbed, suc·cumb·ing, suc·cumbs
  1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield.
  2. To die.

[Middle English succomben, to bring down, from Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, to lie under, yield : sub-, sub- + -cumbere, to lie down (as in accumbere, to lie down).]
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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.
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Language Translation for : succumb
Spanish: sucumbir (a),
German: erliegen,
Japanese: 負ける
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succumb 
c.1489, from M.Fr. succomber, from L. succumbere "submit, sink down, lie under," from sub "down" + -cumbere "take a reclining position," related to cubare "lie down" (see cubicle). Originally transitive; sense of "sink under pressure" is first recorded 1604.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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