Both Uses of
succumb
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The doctor analyzed the symptoms of the malady to which the prisoner had succumbed, and declared that he was dead.†
Chpt 19-20 *
- Madame de Saint-Meran succumbed to a powerful dose of brucine or of strychnine, which by some mistake, perhaps, has been given to her.†
Chpt 73-74
Definition:
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(succumb) consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat