succumb
11succumb — UK [səˈkʌm] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms succumb : present tense I/you/we/they succumb he/she/it succumbs present participle succumbing past tense succumbed past participle succumbed formal 1) to lose your ability to fight against someone… …
12succumb — suc|cumb [səˈkʌm] v [i]formal [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub ( SUB ) + cumbere to lie down ] 1.) to stop opposing someone or something that is stronger than you, and allow them to take control =… …
13Succumb — To lose the will to oppose something or to give up and accept something that you first opposed. In the context of illness, to succumb to an illness is to stop opposing it, to no longer battle it, but to die from it. Succumbing, like passing, has… …
14succumb — verb ADVERB ▪ almost ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ gradually, slowly ▪ eventually, finally, ultimately …
15succumb — suc|cumb [ sə kʌm ] verb intransitive FORMAL 1. ) to lose your ability to fight against someone or something, and allow them to control or persuade you: First they said no, but eventually they succumbed. succumb to: She succumbed to temptation… …
16succumb — verb (I) formal 1 to stop opposing someone or something that is stronger than you, and allow them to take control: After an intense artillery bombardment the town finally succumbed. | succumb to temptation: Gina finally succumbed to temptation… …
17succumb — intransitive verb Etymology: French & Latin; French succomber, from Latin succumbere, from sub + cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie Date: 1604 1. to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire < succumb to… …
18succumb — 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; < L succumbere, equiv. to suc SUC + cumbere, transit. deriv. of cubare to lie, recline;… …
19succumb to — phr verb Succumb to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑charm, ↑depression, ↑temptation …
20succumb — Synonyms and related words: abandon, accede, accept, acquiesce, assent, be agreeable, be done for, be lost, be no more, bite the dust, black out, blow, bow, bow to, break down, burn out, capitulate, cash in, cave, cease, cease to be, cease to… …
