succumbent

English

Etymology

Latin succumbens, present participle.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈkʌmbənt/

Adjective

succumbent (comparative more succumbent, superlative most succumbent)

(obsolete) submissive; yielding
- 1655, James Howell, “To Dr. B.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
  Reason succumbent to Faith

References

“succumbent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

succumbent

third-person plural future active indicative of succumbō

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