English Explanatory Dictionary

capitulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
  2. To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
  3. To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.
  4. To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).
adj
  1. Capitulated: agreed upon, convened, settled on, stipulated.
  2. Reduced to heads, laid down under a certain number of heads or items.
  3. Having or forming a capitulum.
noun
  1. Alternative form of capitoulate

Pronunciation

/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/ /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.leɪt/ /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jʊ.leɪt/ /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jə.leɪt/ en-us-capitulate.ogg en-au-capitulate.ogg /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.lət/ /kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.lət/ /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jʊ.lət/ /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jə.lət/

Word forms

capitulate capitulates capitulating capitulated more capitulate most capitulate

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.

Synonyms

wave the white flag see Thesaurus:surrender

Antonyms

beat bring down convince chew up eat someone for breakfast eat someone's lunch flog humble kick ass malavogue murdelize outfox outguess outrun outsmart outwit overcome overpower overwin own pulverise pwn rape reduce spank steal the show subdue subvert surmount thrash trounce vanquish

Related words

capital capitalism capitulation capitulatory captain chapiter chapter chef chief recapitulate

Derived words

capitulator precapitulate uncapitulated
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