SUCCUMB


Meaning of SUCCUMB in English

v.intr. (usu. foll. by to)

1. be forced to give way; be overcome (succumbed to temptation).

2 be overcome by death (succumbed to his injuries).

Etymology: ME f. OF succomber or L succumbere (as SUB-, cumbere lie)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.