Definition of Succumbing

1. Verb. (present participle of succumb) ¹

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Definition of Succumbing

1. succumb [v] - See also: succumb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Succumbing

succubuses
succubuslike
succulence
succulences
succulencies
succulency
succulent
succulently
succulents
succulous
succumb
succumbed
succumbest
succumbeth
succumbing
succumbs
succursal
succus
succuss
succussation
succussations
succussed
succusses
succussing
succussion
succussive
such
such(a)
such(p)

Literary usage of Succumbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"Readily raised from seeds and transplanted; not succumbing under rough usage (Sargent). Prunus spinosa, Linne-. The Sloe or Blackthorn. ..."

2. Physiology of Bodily Exercise by Fernand Lagrange (1890)
"... Assault-at-Arms—Animals succumbing to Breathlessness; the Horse ridden to Death—Death of a Carrier Pigeon—A Hunted Beast which Breaks Cover. ..."

3. Contributions to Surgery and Medicine by Hugh Owen Thomas (1883)
"... been my patient it was not for me to interfere ; but the father would not be refused, and I confess to the sin of succumbing to the plea of the parent. ..."

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