Meanings
adjectivesuccumbent (comparative more succumbent, superlative most succumbent)
comparative more succumbent · superlative most succumbent
- obsoletesubmissive; yielding
Reason succumbent to Faith
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
Origin
- Latinsuccumbens
- Englishsuccumbent
From Latin succumbens, present participle.
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