capitulate
verb /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/
/kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they capitulate | /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/ /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it capitulates | /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪts/ /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪts/ |
| past simple capitulated | /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle capitulated | /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form capitulating | /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪŋ/ /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] capitulate (to somebody/something) to agree to do something that you have been refusing to do for a long time synonym give in (to somebody/something) synonym yield (2)
- They were finally forced to capitulate to the terrorists' demands.
- [intransitive] capitulate (to somebody/something) to stop resisting an enemy and accept that you are defeated synonym surrender
- The town capitulated after a three-week siege.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘parley, draw up terms’): from French capituler, from medieval Latin capitulare ‘draw up under headings’, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput ‘head’.