0 present participle of succumb
1 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.
Benda accused contemporary writers and intellectuals of betraying their high artistic calling, and the universal values for which they ought to speak, and succumbing to partisanship.
Results were expressed in terms of odds ratios of failure (succumbing to the well) for the treatment of interest relative to the reference state or treatment.
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.
Chimneys fell due to the strength of the wind and lead gutters had to be replaced after succumbing to the weight of snow.
These fictions are truthful to reality and useful to human beings insofar as they enable them t o realize, through artistic illusions, the absolute metaphysical truth without succumbing to it.
Unfortunately, in this veritable principia economica, we begin to see the historian succumbing to the lure of meta-theory.
Each of the ends - overcoming, coping with or succumbing to illness - intersects with the means of resistance, endurance or acceptance.
Or are tribes and tribal culture succumbing to the urbanization and nation-building processes?
