SUCCUMB


Meaning of SUCCUMB in English

— succumber , n.

/seuh kum"/ , v.i.

1. to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.

2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.

[ 1480-90; succumbere, equiv. to suc- SUC- + -cumbere, transit. deriv. of cubare to lie, recline; cf. INCUMBENT ]

Syn. 1. submit, accede, surrender.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .