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succumb

suc·cumb [ sə kúm ] (past and past participle suc·cumbed, present participle suc·cumb·ing, 3rd person present singular suc·cumbs)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. give in: to be unable to resist or oppose something

2. die from something: to die from an illness or injury

[15th century. Directly or via French< Latin succumbere "lie under" < cumbere "lie"]

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See yield.

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