Definitions for succumb
səˈkʌmsuc·cumb

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle underverb

   consent reluctantly

2. succumb, yieldverb

   be fatally overwhelmed

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. succumbverb

   To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

2. succumbverb

   To give up, or give in.

3. Etymology: From succomber, from succumbere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Succumbverb

   To yield; to sink under any difficulty. Not in use, except among the Scotch.

   Etymology: succumbo, Latin; succomber, French.

   To their wills we must succumb,
   Quocunque trahunt, ’tis our doom. Hudibras.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. succumb

   To succumb means to fail to resist pressure, temptation, illness, or any kind of negative force. It can also refer to dying from a disease or injury. Essentially, it is yielding or giving in to something overpowering or unavoidable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Succumbverb

   to yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease

2. Etymology: [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. Succumb

   suk-kum′, v.i. to lie down under: to sink under: to yield, to submit, to die. [L. sub, under, cumbĕre, to lie down.]

Matched Categories

1. • Consent

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of succumb in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of succumb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of succumb in a Sentence

1. Paul Kagame:

   There is no way to fully comprehend the loneliness and anger of survivors and yet over and over again we have asked them to make the sacrifices necessary to give our nation new life. Emotions had to be put in a box, we are far better Rwandans than we were. But we can be even better still. We are the last people in the world who should succumb to complacency.

2. Foster Sr.:

   We haven't been told anything. I don't know if they beat my son to death or what ? Did he succumb to his injuries or something ? We just have no idea because [ the sheriff's office ] aren't saying anything.

3. Lisa Haisha:

   Without an ego, we have fuzzy boundaries and lose ourselves in other people. We succumb to guilt, and we say yes when we should or want to say no. A healthy ego helps us maintain boundaries.

4. James Anthony Kenny:

   Depression: Is it a human condition one can live with or a condition on should succumb to?

5. Denise Reed:

   If there are cultural sites, cultural relics or an archaeological site of historical interest, unless there are measures taken to specifically provide protection from erosion or to keep the water out, then they will succumb eventually.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=succumb
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Succumb
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=succumb
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/succumb
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=succumb
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=succumb