• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Succumb
succumb, succumbing, succumbed 1. To lose one's will to oppose something or to give up and accept something that someone was first opposed to. 2. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; to give up or to give in. 3. Succumbing to, like passing on, has become a euphemism, or a less offensive substitute, for dying. In...