succumb
verb /səˈkʌm/
/səˈkʌm/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they succumb | /səˈkʌm/ /səˈkʌm/ |
| he / she / it succumbs | /səˈkʌmz/ /səˈkʌmz/ |
| past simple succumbed | /səˈkʌmd/ /səˈkʌmd/ |
| past participle succumbed | /səˈkʌmd/ /səˈkʌmd/ |
| -ing form succumbing | /səˈkʌmɪŋ/ /səˈkʌmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to not be able to fight an attack, a temptation, etc.
- The town succumbed after a short siege.
- They were all offered bribes and some of them succumbed.
- succumb to something He finally succumbed to Lucy's charms and agreed to her request.
- She succumbed to the temptation of another drink.
- people who succumb easily to exploitation
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- be likely to
- to
- [intransitive] succumb (to something) to die from the effect of a disease or an injury
- His career was cut short when he succumbed to cancer.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.