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Definition of Succumbs
1. succumb [v] - See also: succumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succumbs
Literary usage of Succumbs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... Governor succumbs—Lord North's Conciliatory Proposition—Jefferson succeeds
Randolph in Congress—Remains to draw up the Answer of Virginia—Its ..."
2. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1877)
"—Convention succumbs.—Treaty. — Richmond made the capital. — Letter of Mason.
— West Virginia. •— Admitted by Congress. — Tennessee. ..."
3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... Orders—Albemarle Volunteers ask Washington's Advice—Disturbances—Henry advances
with a Military Force on Williamsburg—The Governor succumbs—Lord North's ..."
4. History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagaray (1886)
"PARIS IS BOMBARDED THE FORT OF ISSY succumbs—THE COUNCIL ELECTS A NEW COMMITTEE
OF PUBLIC SAFETY— ROSSEL FLIES. WE must leave this heroic atmosphere to ..."
5. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1883)
"... OP ACTIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE AZTECS—SUCCESS OF THE SPANISH ARMS—LARGE
REINFORCEMENTS OP NATIVE ALLIES—ONE AZTEC STRONGHOLD AFTER ANOTHER succumbs. ..."
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