Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used without object), ca·pit·u·lat·ed, ca·pit·u·lat·ing.
- to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
- to give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way.
verb
- (intr) to surrender, esp under agreed conditions
1570s, “to draw up in chapters” (i.e., under “heads”), in part a back-formation from capitulation, in part from Medieval Latin capitulatus, past participle of capitulare “to draw up in heads or chapters, arrange conditions.” Often of terms of surrender, hence meaning “to yield on stipulated terms” (1680s). Related: Capitulated; capitulating.
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