capitulate

Meaning

  1. To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
  2. (obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
  3. (obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.

Frequency

45k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/
Etymology

From the participle stem of Medieval Latin capitulare (“draw up under headings”), from Latin capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”), diminutive of caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

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