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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
'Ovadyah-Biblical Hebrew
Conchita[kɔ:n'tʃi:ta:]
Cristianakree-STYAH-nah (Italian)Italian, Portuguese
Aleks-Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Polish
Darshan-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
MarkÉTa-Czech, Slovak