succumb

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  1. intransitive verb To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in. See Synonyms at yield.
  2. intransitive verb To die.

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  • The latter succumb, and as reflection does nothing for them, and as their sensations in such a world bring them few blandishments, they are tolerably early surrounded with a self-diffusing atmosphere of misery. —  Rousseau (Volume 1 of 2)
  • “In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor,” said Emerson. —  Beethoven
  • If the Welsh succumb, then Ireland and Scotland will be lost, isolated and certain to be defeated on the issue. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • And to keep the world out while we succumb, our rulers lean on the guaranteed UN myth of "state sovereignty".
  • Even this goal was compromised when the ponies began to weaken and succumb, and the One Ton Depot was established at 79° 29 'S, 35 miles short of the target-with unforeseeable consequences one year later. —  Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth
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succumb:   succumbing ·  succumbed ·  succumbs
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  1. Middle English succomben, to bring down, from Old French succomber, from Latin succumbere, to lie under, yield : sub-, sub- + -cumbere, to lie down (as in accumbere, to lie down).

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  1. = French succomber = Spanish sucumbir = Portuguese succumbir = Italian succombere, from Latin succumbere, lie under, sink down, submit, yield, succumb, from sub, under, + cubare, lie down.
 

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