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succumbs

succumbs 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

Questions about succumbs

What is succumbs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Succumbs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of succumb.

Words near succumbs in the dictionary

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

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