succumb
verb
[ səˈkʌm ]
• fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
• "we cannot merely give up and succumb to despair"
Similar:
yield,
give in,
give way,
submit,
surrender,
capitulate,
cave in,
be overcome by,
be overwhelmed by,
be conquered by,
be beaten by,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘bring low, overwhelm’): from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub- ‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’.
