Succumbed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Succumb \Suc*cumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in
     comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent},
     {Cubit}.]
     To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb
     under calamities; to succumb to disease.


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