† suˈccumbent, a. (n.) Obs. rare.
[ad. L. succumbens, -entem, pr. pple. of succumbĕre to succumb. In sense 1 after It. soccombente.]
A. adj.
1. Subject, submissive to.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. ii. ix. (1890) 387 Christianity..makes not Sense so much subject to Reason, as Reason succumbent to Faith. 1660 ― Parly of Beasts 2 Queen Morphandra..useth to make Nature her self not only succumbent and passive to her desires, but [etc.]. |
2. Underlying.
| 1664 Power Exp. Philos. ii. 114 Water, by its weight onely, and no innate Elatery, did depel the Succumbent Quicksilver in the Tube. |
3. Succumbing.
| 1812 J. J. Henry Camp. agst. Quebec 81 The humanity of Morgan and Humphreys, towards a succumbent foe. |
B. n. (See quot. 1661 and kneeler 2 a.)
| 1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Succumbents,..antiently it signified those penitents or excommunicate persons that fell down on their knees and prayed in a certain place behind the Quire or Pulpit. [1850 Neale Hist. East. Ch. Introd. I. i. 210 The Succumbentes were passing the silver gates on their way out.] |