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Definitions for: Succumb
[v] consent reluctantly
[v] be fatally overwhelmed
Webster (1913) Definition: Suc*cumb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succumbed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Succumbing.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in
comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent,
Cubit.]
To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb
under calamities; to succumb to disease.
Synonyms: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, yield, yield
Antonyms: come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive
See Also: accede, accept, bow, consent, decease, defer, die, exit, expire, go, go for, pass, pass away, perish, submit
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