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- succumb to
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Koenraad | | KOON-rah:t | Dutch |
Rihanna | | - | Arabic |
ÁRon | | AH-ron | Hungarian |
Hafsa | | - | Arabic |
Nanook | | - | Native American, Inuit |
Armando | | ahr-MAHN-do (Spanish, Italian) | Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |