— 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.