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Succumb
Pronunciation : Suc*cumb"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit.]
Definition : Defn: To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.
t. [imp. & p. p. Succumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Succumbing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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