0 to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat:
Thousands of cows have succumbed to the disease in the past few months.
I felt sure it would only be a matter of time before he succumbed to my charms.
I'm afraid I succumbed to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake.
The town finally succumbed last week after being pounded with heavy artillery for more than two months.
1 to lose the determination to oppose something, or to give up and accept something that you first opposed:
She succumbed to temptation and had a second helping of ice cream.
2 to lose the determination to oppose something, or to accept defeat:
We were not able to determine whether certain variables protected some children from later harm while other families succumbed to dynamic stressors or lack of resources.
108 societal bonds of house organizations were unable to endure the pressures of political catastrophe, and ultimately the houses succumbed to burdens placed on the broader systems of politicoeconomic organization.
While this choice may eliminate fear of vertigo, it sometimes leaves the author open to the charge of succumbing to the occasionally dubious authority of her primary and secondary sources.
She serves to promote consumption, not to partake of it; rather than succumbing to the cap-buying frenzy, she continues to go about "more shabby than ever" (169; ch. 12).
Older people are characterised by the different elements of anti-ageing science as having lost their good looks, succumbed to disease, become overwhelmed by senility, and as surrendering to death.
Cowling has not succumbed, in his advancing years, to any tendency to become accommodating.
When he succumbs to the charms of the ' unknown' woman, she unmasks, then leaves him.
The church itself, the most characteristic of all medieval institutions, also succumbed to this decline, and in some instances, became a partner of national government.
