succumb

suc·cumb  (s-km)

intr.v. suc·cumbed, suc·cumb·ing, suc·cumbs

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

2. To die.

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[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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succumb [səˈkʌm]

vb (intr; often foll by to)

1. to give way in face of the overwhelming force (of) or desire (for)

2. to be fatally overwhelmed (by disease, old age, etc.); die (of)

[from Latin succumbere to be overcome, from sub- + -cumbere from cubāre to lie down]

succumber  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	succumb - consent reluctantly buckle under, knuckle under, give in, yield consent, go for, accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" accede, give in, bow, defer, submit - yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
	2.	succumb - be fatally overwhelmed yield croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

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succumb

verb

1. (often with to) surrender, yield, submit, give in, give way, go under, cave in (informal), capitulate, knuckle under Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette.
surrender beat, master, overcome, conquer, rise above, triumph over, get the better of, surmount

2. (with to) (with an illness as object) catch, contract, fall victim to, die from, get, develop, pick up, die of, fall ill with, become infected by, come or go down with, cark it from (Austral. & N.Z. slang) I was determined not to succumb to the virus.

Translations

succumb [səˈkʌm] VI → sucumbir (to a)

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succumb [səˈkʌm] vi → succomber
to succumb to sth (temptation, charms, illness) → succomber à qch

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succumb

vi → erliegen (→ to +dat); (to threats) → sich beugen (→ to +dat)

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succumb [səˈkʌm] vi to succumb to (temptation, illness) → soccombere a; (entreaties, charms) → cedere a

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succumb [səˈkʌm] vi to succumb to (temptation, illness) → soccombere a; (entreaties, charms) → cedere a

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succumb

v succumb [səˈkam]

to yield She succumbed to temptation and ate the chocolate. ingee يَخْضَع، يَسْتَسْلِم поддавам се podlehnout give efter erliegen ενδίδω, υποκύπτω sucumbir (a) järele andma تسليم شدن antaa periksi succomber (à) לְהִכָּנַע झुकना, हार मानना, मर जाना, अभिभूत होना, परास्त होना, का शिकार होना podleći (čemu), umrijeti (od čega) megadja magát tunduk láta undan soccombere, cedere 負ける 굴복하다 pasiduoti, neišlaikyti padoties; nespēt pretoties (vilinājumam, slimībai u.tml.) tunduk bezwijken gi etter for ulegać sucumbir a ceda (la) поддаться podľahnúť podleči podleći ge efter, falla för จำนน yenilmek 屈從 поступитися; піддатися مغلوب ہو جانا ngừng kháng cự, thua 屈从