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单词 succumb
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succumbv.

Brit. /səˈkʌm/, U.S. /səˈkəm/
Forms: Also Middle English subcombe, succombe, Middle English–1600s succumbe, 1600s–1700s succomb.
Etymology: < Old French succomber, also subcomber , < Latin succumbĕre (subc- ), < suc- = sub- prefix 1b + -cumbĕre to lie. Compare Italian soccombere, Spanish sucumbir, Portuguese succumbir. Noted by Johnson 1755 and Sinclair Obs. Sc. Dial. (1782) 94 as a peculiarly Scottish word.
1. transitive. To bring down, bring low, overwhelm. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > overthrow or overturn
to-warpc888
overwarpeOE
fallOE
cumber1303
overthrowc1375
overturna1382
subverta1382
overwalta1400
sinka1400
to wend downa1400
tuyrec1400
reverse1402
tirvec1420
pervert?a1425
to put downa1425
cumrayc1425
downthringc1430
overthwart?a1439
thringc1480
subvertise1484
succumb1490
renverse1521
precipitate?1528
everta1538
wrake1570
ruinate1590
profligate1643
wreck1749
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low
layc888
afelleOE
to throw downa1250
groundc1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
stoopc1275
evena1382
abatec1390
to bring downa1400
falla1400
welt?a1400
throwa1450
tumble1487
succumb1490
strewa1500
vaila1592
flat1607
level1614
floor1642
to fetch down1705
drop1726
supplant1751
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxviii. 104 In their folysshe pryde I shal succombe & brynge a lowe their corage.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 81 For to distroye her, & vtterly subcombe her in-to persecucyon extreme.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 1 Thre vehement plagis, quhilk hes al maist succumbit oure cuntre in final euertione.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vii. 56 My triumphant stait is succumbit in decadens.
2. intransitive. To fail in a cause. Scottish. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons > in a cause
succumb1561
1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 174 To have succumbit in his said caus.
1586–7 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. IV. 141 Succumband and failyieand nochtwithstanding heirin.
3.
a. To sink under pressure or give way to superior force, authority, etc.: originally said of persons or communities, and transferred of conditions, designs, occasionally of material things.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in
benda1400
sink?a1513
to give over1530
to cry creak?1562
yield1576
to hold up1596
succumb1604
to give in1616
to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629
to cry cravena1634
to give up or cross the cudgels1654
incumb1656
to fall in1667
to knock under1670
to knock under board, under (the) table1692
to strike underc1730
knuckle down1735
to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860
chuck up (the sponge)1864
to throw in one's hand1893
to sky the wipe (or towel)1907
to drop one's bundle1915
to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915
to buckle up1927
1604 W. Alexander Aurora El. iii. 34 Surcharg'd with sorowes I succomb.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 372 The eight day..he succumb'd, and could not subsist, not beeing vsed to pedestriall trauayle.
1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 500 As in all nationall tryells some succumbs, sundrie did adhere to their subscription of the King's Covenant.
1751 tr. J. Pernetti Philos. Lett. Physiognomies xxxviii. 259 Our Fortitude..may bend under the Weight of Malignancy and Opposition, yet not succumb.
1754 S. Foote Knights ii. 44 That I who have rejected so many Matches should instantaneously succumb.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. v. 76 This scheme of interpretation, thus assailed from so many sides,..quickly succumbed.
1847 J. C. Calhoun Speeches in Wks. (1861) IV. 354 So completely did the National party succumb, that..the word ‘National’ was not named.
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 vii. 499 Italy..had stood up for a wrestle with Austria, and succumbed.
1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xxx. 273 After suffering from conflagrations on many occasions, the crypt finally succumbed in the year 1834.
b. Const. to. (In first quot. 1632, to yield the palm to.)
ΚΠ
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 181 The now decayed Towne of Tharsus, who for antiquity will not succumbe to any City of Natolia.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 198 And to their wills we must succumb, Quocunque trahunt, 'tis our doom.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 255 The pretended Infallibility of Pope Liberius, succumb'd at the same time to the same Arian Coercive Politicks.
1738 A. Hill Let. 25 June in Wks. (1753) I. 274 One is involved by events, and succumbs to, and subsists by expedients.
1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zicci 27 Pardon me if I do not succumb to curiosity.
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxiii. 92 The small trader and settler must they knew succumb to the price they chose to fix.
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 578 The honourable conviction, that Belgium ought not to give way to threats, however it might be doomed to succumb to force.
1878 R. A. Proctor Pleasant Ways Sci. (1879) x. 201 Even the most powerful and ferocious beasts must succumb in the long run to man.
1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 8 Those rails were of so light a description that they soon succumbed to heavy wear and tear.
c. Const. under, beneath, occasionally before.
ΚΠ
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §47 457 Men seem to succumb under it, as a Process, now become of Course.
1808 R. Watson Charge 40 Thinking that Popery is every where succumbing under the general diffusion of knowledge.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism v. 97 The noble may be readily made to succumb beneath the base.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 12 The men of facts at length succumbed before the man of ideas.
4. spec. To yield to the attacks of a disease, the effect of wounds, an operation, etc.; hence, to die.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 205 Half the sipáhís succumbed;—the doctor was so terrified at the number of deaths that he became deranged.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xx. 404 He succumbed in a few months to fever.
1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal xlviii I think he caught a chill, and being below par he succumbed.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Jan. 6/2 Mr. Picken has since succumbed to his injuries.
5. transitive. To abandon, give up. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)]
forsakec893
forlet971
to reach upOE
agiveOE
yield?c1225
uptake1297
up-yield1297
yield1297
deliverc1300
to-yielda1375
overgivec1384
grant1390
forbeara1400
livera1400
forgoc1400
upgive1415
permit1429
quit1429
renderc1436
relinquish1479
abandonc1485
to hold up?1499
enlibertyc1500
surrender1509
cess1523
relent1528
to cast up?1529
resignate1531
uprender1551
demit1563
disclaim1567
to fling up1587
to give up1589
quittance1592
vail1593
enfeoff1598
revoke1599
to give off1613
disownc1620
succumb1632
abdicate1633
delinquish1645
discount1648
to pass away1650
to turn off1667
choke1747
to jack up1870
chuck up (the sponge)1878
chuckc1879
unget1893
sling1902
to jack in1948
punt1966
to-leave-
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 435 Arguments of Religion..they succumbe, their conference onely pleading mutuall forbearance.

Derivatives

suˈccumber n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in > one who
flincher1598
yielder1598
fainter1826
succumber1844
1844 Gladstone Let. in E. S. Purcell Life Cardinal Manning (1895) I. xiv. 297 I am not sure..of your whole assertion that subscribers were mere succumbers.
suˈccumbing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in
yieldingc1425
yield1602
succumbency1653
succumbence1837
reculade1883
succumbing1885
1885 Athenæum 3 Jan. 7/1 Was it a sudden succumbing of Becket's keen intelligence to those superstitions of a dark age?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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