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succumbed

succumbed is the simple past and past participle of succumb.

Meaning of succumb

Verb

succumb (third-person singular simple present succumbs, present participle succumbing, simple past and past participle succumbed or succame)

  1. (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
    • succumb to temptation
  2. (intransitive) To give up, or give in.
  3. (euphemistic, intransitive) To die.
    • succumb to pneumonia
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm or bring down.
    • He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.2012, Scott M. Garrett, Forever Different, →ISBN

Questions about succumbed

What is succumbed the simple past and past participle of?
Succumbed is the simple past and past participle of succumb.

Words near succumbed in the dictionary

  1. succulents
  2. succulometer
  3. succulometers
  4. succulous
  5. succumb
  6. succumbed
  7. succumbence
  8. succumbency
  9. succumbent
  10. succumber
  11. succumbers

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