capitulate
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Definition of capitulate
8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
“He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.”
“The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.”
“The CCP has refused to capitulate to Trump’s demands to come to the table and renegotiate their terms of trade.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
“He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.”
“The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.”
“The CCP has refused to capitulate to Trump’s demands to come to the table and renegotiate their terms of trade.”
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(ambitransitive, obsolete)To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
“The lawes […] which we capitulate at sea […] are not used on lande.”
“The places of serpents abode being thus generally capitulated.”
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(obsolete, transitive)To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.
“there capitulates with the king […] to take to wife his daughter Mary”
- (obsolete, transitive)To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).
adj
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(obsolete)Capitulated: agreed upon, convened, settled on, stipulated.
“It was capitulate and convenanted, that […] the river Himera, […]”
- (obsolete)Reduced to heads, laid down under a certain number of heads or items.
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Having or forming a capitulum.
“The aggregation of flowers into capitulate inflorescences is a character directly advantageous from the aspect of the biological function of cross-pollination.”
noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of capitoulate
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Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1537; borrowed from Medieval Latin capitulātus perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin capitulō (“(originally; of a book, text) to draw…
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The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1537; borrowed from Medieval Latin capitulātus perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin capitulō (“(originally; of a book, text) to draw up under distinct headings; (from the 15ᵗʰ c.) to bargain, parley, convene”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), diminutive of caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Words you can make from capitulate
200+ playable · top: APICULATE (13 pts)
Best play apiculate 13 points8-letter words
4 words7-letter words
14 words6-letter words
31 words- APICAL 10 pts
- CAPITA 10 pts
- CAPLET 10 pts
- CULPAE 10 pts
- EPICAL 10 pts
- PALACE 10 pts
- PLACET 10 pts
- PLAICE 10 pts
- PLICAE 10 pts
- TEACUP 10 pts
- TIPCAT 10 pts
- ACETAL 8 pts
- ACTUAL 8 pts
- ACUATE 8 pts
- ACULEI 8 pts
- AECIAL 8 pts
- APLITE 8 pts
- ATELIC 8 pts
- CATTIE 8 pts
- CATTLE 8 pts
- CUTLET 8 pts
- CUTTLE 8 pts
- LUCITE 8 pts
- LUETIC 8 pts
- PALATE 8 pts
- PATTIE 8 pts
- PLUTEI 8 pts
- PUTTIE 8 pts
- TAPETA 8 pts
- TECTAL 8 pts
- UPTILT 8 pts
5-letter words
57 words- APACE 9 pts
- CAPUT 9 pts
- CLAPT 9 pts
- CLEPT 9 pts
- CLIPT 9 pts
- CULPA 9 pts
- CUPEL 9 pts
- EPACT 9 pts
- PICAL 9 pts
- PICUL 9 pts
- PLACE 9 pts
- PLICA 9 pts
- ACETA 7 pts
- ACUTE 7 pts
- AECIA 7 pts
- ATTIC 7 pts
- AULIC 7 pts
- CLEAT 7 pts
- CULET 7 pts
- CULTI 7 pts
- CUTIE 7 pts
- ECLAT 7 pts
- ILEAC 7 pts
- LEAPT 7 pts
- LEPTA 7 pts
- LETUP 7 pts
- PALEA 7 pts
- PALET 7 pts
- PELAU 7 pts
- PETAL 7 pts
- PETIT 7 pts
- PETTI 7 pts
- PIETA 7 pts
- PILAU 7 pts
- PILEA 7 pts
- PITTA 7 pts
- PLAIT 7 pts
- PLATE 7 pts
- PLEAT 7 pts
- PUTTI 7 pts
- TACET 7 pts
- TACIT 7 pts
- TAUPE 7 pts
- TECTA 7 pts
- TELIC 7 pts
- TEPAL 7 pts
- TICAL 7 pts
- TULIP 7 pts
- UPLIT 7 pts
- ALATE 5 pts
- ATILT 5 pts
- LATTE 5 pts
- LUTEA 5 pts
- TELIA 5 pts
- TITLE 5 pts
- TUILE 5 pts
- UTILE 5 pts
4-letter words
81 words- CAPE 8 pts
- CLAP 8 pts
- CLIP 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- PACA 8 pts
- PACE 8 pts
- PACT 8 pts
- PICA 8 pts
- PICE 8 pts
- PUCE 8 pts
- ACAI 6 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ATAP 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CAUL 6 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CLIT 6 pts
- CLUE 6 pts
- CULT 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAIC 6 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- LIPA 6 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LUCE 6 pts
- PAIL 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PALI 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PAUA 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PELT 6 pts
- PIAL 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PITA 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- PTUI 6 pts
- PULA 6 pts
- PULE 6 pts
- PULI 6 pts
- PUTT 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TACT 6 pts
- TALC 6 pts
- TAPA 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATI 4 pts
- LATU 4 pts
- LIEU 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LITU 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TALA 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TAUT 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TILT 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
3-letter words
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