Both Uses
succumb
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A Gentleman in Moscow
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- has succumbed irrevocably to the corruptions of his class—and now poses a threat to the very ideals he once espoused.†
p. 5.7 *succumbed = consented reluctantly; or suffered defeat
- And when the Count's parents succumbed to cholera within hours of each other in 1900, it was the Grand Duke who took the young Count aside and explained that he must be strong for his sister's sake; that adversity presents itself in many forms; and that if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.†
p. 18.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(succumb) consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)