Sekirov Dictionary

capitulate

UK /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/US /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.leɪt/

verb 4
/kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.lət/ adjective 3
forms 6

verb4

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To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, 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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(no longer used) 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
(no longer used) To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).
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(no longer used) To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
- The lawes […] which we capitulate at sea […] are not used on lande. — 1593

capitulate

UK /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.lət/US /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.lət/

adjective3

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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
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(no longer used) Capitulated: agreed upon, convened, settled on, stipulated.
- It was capitulate and convenanted, that […] the river Himera, […] — 1600
(no longer used) Reduced to heads, laid down under a certain number of heads or items.

forms

capitulated · capitulating · capitulates · capitulateth · more capitulate · most capitulate

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