succumbent

English

Etymology

From Latin succumbens, present participle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈkʌmbənt/

Adjective

succumbent (comparative more succumbent, superlative most succumbent)

1. (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

1. third-person plural future active indicative of succumbō