succumb
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈkʌm/
- Rhymes: -ʌm
Verb[edit]
succumb (third-person singular simple present succumbs, present participle succumbing, simple past and past participle succumbed)
- (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
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succumb to temptation
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succumb under misfortunes
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Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization.
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2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury.
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- (intransitive) To give up, or give in.
- (intransitive) To die.
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succumb to pneumonia
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- (transitive) To overwhelm or bring down.
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2012, Scott M. Garrett, Forever Different, ISBN 1630002437:
- He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.
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2014, Gideon C Mekwunye, Tear Drops - Part 2, ISBN 1499057040, page 455:
- She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only to succumb him to the abuse of his aunt.
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2015, David Marlett, Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History, ISBN 1943486174:
- Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression.
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Synonyms[edit]
- (die): See also Wikisaurus:die
Translations[edit]
to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire
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to give up, or give in
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to die
