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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024suc•cumb /səˈkʌm/USA pronunciation v. [no object* (~ + to + object) ]- to give way to superior force;
yield:He believed that she had succumbed to his charms. - Medicineto be unable to resist disease, wounds, etc.:He succumbed to his wounds and died in the night.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024suc•cumb (sə kum′),USA pronunciation v.i. - to give way to superior force;
yield:to succumb to despair. - Medicineto yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.;
die.
- Latin succumbere, equivalent. to suc- suc- + -cumbere, transitive derivative of cubāre to lie, recline; compare incumbent
- 1480–90
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged submit, accede, surrender.
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