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capitulate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ə.lət/ (US)
- /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.lət/ (UK)
- /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.lət/ (US)
- /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.lət/ (UK)
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1537; borrowed from Medieval Latin capitulātus perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin capitulō (“(originally; of a book, text) to draw up under distinct headings; (from the 15ᵗʰ c.) to bargain, parley, convene”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), diminutive of caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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(as a participle, obsolete) Capitulated: agreed upon, convened, settled on, stipulated.
It was capitulate and convenanted, that […] the river Himera, […]
1600, Philemon Holland, A translation of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, XXIV. VI. 512:
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(as a participle, obsolete) Reduced to heads, laid down under a certain number of heads or items.
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Having or forming a capitulum.
The aggregation of flowers into capitulate inflorescences is a character directly advantageous from the aspect of the biological function of cross-pollination.
1912, New Phytologist:
Forms
Relateds
capitalism · chef · chapter · chapiter · recapitulate · captain · capital · chief · capitulation · capitulatory
wikipedia: Early Modern English
capitulate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ə.leɪt/ (US)
- /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.leɪt/ (UK)
- /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/ (UK)
- (Australia) audio
- /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.leɪt/ (US)
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1537; borrowed from Medieval Latin capitulātus perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin capitulō (“(originally; of a book, text) to draw up under distinct headings; (from the 15ᵗʰ c.) to bargain, parley, convene”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), diminutive of caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:BEFORE school rocketed into his tiny world with about as much warning as a sputnik, my son knew only little hates. I knew he had got himself a bigger one when he said to me after his first day there: “School, I HATE IT!” He’s been hating it solidly ever since . . . for all of ten weeks. If I was school . . . I’d capitulate tomorrow. I’d bonfire the books, drain the inkwells and bust up the blackboard — if only he would stop hating. It’s wearing me out!
1957 November 14, Sputnik [pseudonym], “My Son Hates School”, in Daily Record, number 19,357, Glasgow: Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, columns 2–3:The CCP has refused to capitulate to Trump’s demands to come to the table and renegotiate their terms of trade.
2025 April 16, Helen Davidson, “Chinese state media tells Trump to ‘stop whining’ as trade war spirals”, in the Guardian:He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
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(ambitransitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
The places of serpents abode being thus generally capitulated.
1608, Edward Topsell, Serpents:The lawes […] which we capitulate at sea […] are not used on lande.
1593, Thomas Lodge, Life and Death of William Longbeard:
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(obsolete, transitive) To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.
there capitulates with the king […] to take to wife his daughter Mary
1661, Peter Heylin, Ecclesia restaurata:
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(obsolete, transitive) To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).
Forms
Antonyms
outfox · outsmart · spank · own · overpower · subvert · overwin · eat someone for breakfast · trounce · surmount · humble · flog · bring down · thrash · outwit · beat · outrun · rape · subdue · pulverise · steal the show · murdelize · convince · pwn · eat someone's lunch · malavogue · overcome · outguess · kick ass · reduce · chew up · vanquish
Deriveds
capitulator · uncapitulated · precapitulate
Synonyms
see Thesaurus:surrender · wave the white flag
Translations (88)
fi luovuttaa (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · da overgive sig (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · nb overgi seg (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · uk капітулюва́ти (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sv kapitulera (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · et kapituleeruma (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · fa تسلیم شدن (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · pl kapitulować (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · cmn 屈從 /屈从 (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · vi đầu hàng (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sk kapitulovať (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · mi whakahauraro (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sl predajati se (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · uz taslim boʻlmoq (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · tr teslim olmak (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · mi hauraro (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · pt capitular (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · nb kapitulere (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · it arrendersi (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ka დანებება (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · fi antaa periksi (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · nl capituleren (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · be зда́цца (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · cs vzdávat se (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · lv kapitulēt (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ja 降伏する (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · uk здава́тися (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · hu kapitulál (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · de kapitulieren (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · mk се предаде (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · bg капитули́рам (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · crh kapitulirlemek (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · pl poddawać się (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · hy անձնատուր լինել (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · lt kapituliuoti (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sk vzdávať sa (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · fi antautua (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · mk капитули́ра (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ru сдава́ться (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · es rendirse (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · bg преда́м се (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · kk берілу (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · cmn 放棄 /放弃 (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · eo kapitulaci (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sl kapitulirati (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sh преда́вати се (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ru капитули́ровать (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · uk зда́тися (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · it capitolare (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · be здава́цца (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · tg таслим шудан (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · el παραδίδομαι (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · mk се предава (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · bg преда́вам се (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · az təslim olmaq (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sh predávati se (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sk vzdať se (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · fr se rendre (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sh kapitulírati (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · nl zich overgeven (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · hy հանձնվել (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · es desalzarse (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sq kapitulloj (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ru сда́ться (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · el συνθηκολογώ (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · th ยอมแพ้ (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · be капітулява́ць (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ro capitula (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · pl poddać się (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · hu megadja magát (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sv resignera (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ky багынуу (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ko 항복하다 (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · cs vzdát se (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · de sich ergeben (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · fr capituler (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · kk бағыну (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · ar اِسْتَسْلَمَ (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · pl skapitulować (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sv ge upp (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · es capitular (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · da kapitulere (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sh prèdati se (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sl predati se (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sh прѐдати се (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · cs kapitulovat (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · sh капитули́рати (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply) · cmn 投降 (surrender; end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply)
wikipedia: Early Modern English