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capitulatecapitulate /kəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYcapitulateOrigin: 1600-1700 Medieval Latin, past participle of capitulare to divide up into named parts, from Late Latin capitulum ( ➔ CHAPTER); from the making of a peace agreement with several parts VERB TABLEcapitulate |
Present | I, you, we, they | capitulate | | he, she, it | capitulates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | capitulated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have capitulated | | he, she, it | has capitulated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had capitulated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will capitulate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have capitulated |
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Present | I | am capitulating | | he, she, it | is capitulating | | you, we, they | are capitulating | Past | I, he, she, it | was capitulating | | you, we, they | were capitulating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been capitulating | | he, she, it | has been capitulating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been capitulating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be capitulating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been capitulating |
1to accept or agree to something that you have been opposing for a long time SYN give in: capitulate to Management finally capitulated to the union’s demands.2formal to accept defeat by your enemies in a war SYN surrender—capitulation /kəˌpɪtʃəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |