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succumbest

succumbest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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

Origin of succumbest

succumb + -est

Questions about succumbest

What is succumbest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Succumbest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of succumb.

Words near succumbest in the dictionary

  1. succumbence
  2. succumbency
  3. succumbent
  4. succumber
  5. succumbers
  6. succumbest
  7. succumbeth
  8. succumbing
  9. succumbs
  10. succursal
  11. succursals

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