Category:Succumb

Suc*cumb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Succumbing.] Etym: [l. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), Akin to cubare to lie down. See incumbent, cubit.]

Defn: to yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb Under calamities; to succumb to disease.