See also: capitoulate

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Etymology

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From the participle stem of Medieval Latin capitulare (draw up under headings), from Latin capitulum (heading, chapter, title), diminutive of caput (head), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.leɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jə.leɪt/
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Verb

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capitulate (third-person singular simple present capitulates, present participle capitulating, simple past and past participle capitulated)

  1. (intransitive) To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:defeat
    He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
    • 1661, Peter Heylin, Ecclesia restaurata:
      there capitulates with the king [] to take to wife his daughter Mary

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Verb

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capitulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of capitular combined with te