Suc-cŭmb’, v. i.

(62), v. i. [imp. & p. p. SUCCUMBED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUCCUMBING.] [Lat. succumbere, from sub, under, and cumbere, for cubare, to lie down; It. succumbere, succumbere, succombere, Sp. sucumbir, Fr. succomber.] To yield; to submit; to sink unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities.