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capitulate

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See also: capitoulate

English

Pronunciation

verb
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.leɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jə.leɪt/
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adjective, noun
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.lət/, /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.lət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jʊ.lət/, /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jə.lət/

Etymology 1

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) + (verb-forming suffix), diminutive of caput (head), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
    Synonyms: wave the white flag, see Thesaurus:surrender
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:defeat
    He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
  2. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
    • 1593, Thomas Lodge, Life and Death of William Longbeard:
      The lawes [] which we capitulate at sea [] are not used on lande.
    • 1608, Edward Topsell, Serpents:
      The places of serpents abode being thus generally capitulated.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.
    • 1661, Peter Heylin, Ecclesia restaurata:
      there capitulates with the king [] to take to wife his daughter Mary
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

capitulate (comparative more capitulate, superlative most capitulate)

  1. (obsolete, as a participle)
    1. Capitulated: agreed upon, convened, settled on, stipulated.
    2. Reduced to heads, laid down under a certain number of heads or items.
      (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (botany) Having or forming a capitulum.
    • 1912, New Phytologist:
      The aggregation of flowers into capitulate inflorescences is a character directly advantageous from the aspect of the biological function of cross-pollination.

Etymology 2

Noun

capitulate (plural capitulates)

  1. Alternative form of capitoulate
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Spanish

Verb

capitulate

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

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