capitulate
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Etymology [edit]
From the participle stem of Medieval Latin capitulare (“draw up under headings”), from Latin capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”), diminutive of caput (“head”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈpɪ.tʃə.leɪt/
- (US) IPA: /kəˈpɪtʃ.jʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈpɪtʃ.jə.leɪt/
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Verb [edit]
capitulate (third-person singular simple present capitulates, present participle capitulating, simple past and past participle capitulated)
- (obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
- (obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
- To agree terms of surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
- He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
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Translations [edit]
to end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply
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