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succumbeth

succumbeth is the third-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 succumbeth

succumb + -eth

Questions about succumbeth

What is succumbeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Succumbeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of succumb.

Words near succumbeth in the dictionary

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

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