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Definition of Succumbed
1. succumb [v] - See also: succumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succumbed
Literary usage of Succumbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... came to continue the missionary work which had been initiated at such cost;
but they, too, succumbed to the severity of their task. ..."
2. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"... until his own health succumbed to the malady. GASTON, WILLIAM, famous North
Carolina jurist: b. New Bern, NC, Sept. 19, 1778; d. Raleigh, NC, Jan. ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"He succumbed he sue- to the power (of which the world will learn much in cumbed.
. \ , -, . , , times yet to come)—the power an armada can wield when not ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... he was always ill and frequently in pecuniary anxiety ; and when children were
born to her they often succumbed to sickness. After some years' illness ..."
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