capitulate

English

/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/, /kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.jʊ.leɪt/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
  • (transitive) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
  • (transitive) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.

Etymology

Derived from Latin capitulare, capitulum (a chapter of a book, chapter, in Medieval Latin also a synod council, charter, council, heading, in der, a small head, ceb, a chapter, diminutive of m, title).

Origin

Latin

capitulum

Gloss

a chapter of a book, chapter, in Medieval Latin also a synod council, charter, council, heading, in der, a small head, ceb, a chapter, diminutive of m, title

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Person/Thing

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