succumb to

succumb to something

to yield to something, especially a temptation, fatal disease, a human weakness, etc. He finally succumbed to his pneumonia. She did not succumb to the disease until she was very old.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Efstathios	-	Greek
Hemming	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Vlado	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Jelena	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
Tenney	-	Medieval English
Aldis	['ɔ:ldis]