Both Uses of
succumb
in
1984 by Orwell
- When once you had succumbed to thoughtcrime it was certain that by a given date you would be dead.†
p. 103..5 *
- He had no difficulty in disposing of the fallacy, and he was in no danger of succumbing to it.†
p. 278..7
Definition:
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(succumb) consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat