‖n.; pl.Succubae [ NL., fr. L. succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another. ] A female demon or fiend. See Succubus. [ 1913 Webster ]
Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Succuba. ] (Bot.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.; pl.Succubi [ See Succuba. ] 1. A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. sucula a winch, windlass, capstan. ] (Mach.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. succulentus, suculentus, fr. succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F. succulent. ] Full of juice; juicy. [ 1913 Webster ]
Succulent plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and the species of Mesembryanthemum. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Succumbed p. pr. & vb. n. Succumbing. ] [ L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit. ] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease. [ 1913 Webster ]
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