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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Succumb

/sək-ŭm'/ · Suc·cumb · IPA /səˈkʌm/
01 v. t. To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.
imp. & p. p. Succumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Succumbing
  1. 1.
    To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.