Both Uses of
succumb
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- The look of a man who's come to see What Might Have Been is full of both bloodshed and nostalgia; should Owen succumb to his fever, Mr. Morrison looked ready to play the part.†
p. 240.3 *
- But after the murder of President Kennedy, it seemed to me that there was "no remedy" for Owen Meany, either; he succumbed to a state of mind that he would not discuss with me—he went into a visible decline in communication.†
p. 450.2succumbed = consented reluctantly; or suffered defeat
Definition:
consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat