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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
succumb/səˈkʌm/
▶verb
- 1 (often succumb to) fail to resist (pressure, temptation, etc.).
- 2 die from the effect of a disease or injury.
– origin C15 (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from OFr. succomber or L. succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb rel. to cubare ‘to lie’.
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