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Word: Succumb
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
səˈkʌm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force
Short Definition:fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force
Examples:- we cannot merely give up and succumb to despair
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