The Word is Succumbed

The Word is Succumbed The Word is Succumbed The Word is Succumbed By Maeve Maddox A reader asks: Does the word sucummbed really exist? As in he finally sucummbed to the cold and lay face down in the snow Whats interesting about this question is not that succumbed is misspelled, but that this reader kept encountering this misspelling as he tried to find a definition. Ordinarily when I type a misspelled word into the Google box, for example, Tolkein, I get the question Did you mean: Tolkien? at the top of the search page. When I typed in sucummbed, the question Did you mean succumbed? did not appear. Numerous entries with the sucummbed spelling did. Succumbed comes from a Latin word meaning submit, sink down, lie under. In modern usage it can mean to submit to a superior force: The beautiful old tree-lined streets succumbed to the communitys desire for a shopping mall. It can also mean to lose a fight against a disease or some other physical attack: After ten months of painful chemotherapy she succumbed to cancer. He succumbed to wounds received in Iraq. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Vocabulary category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:20 Great Similes from Literature to Inspire You3 Cases of Complicated Hyphenation50 Synonyms for "Song"