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- Dictionarycapitulate/kəˈpɪtjʊleɪt/
verb
- 1. cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield: "the patriots had to capitulate to the enemy forces"
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CAPITULATE definition: 1. to accept military defeat: 2. to accept something or agree to do something unwillingly: 3. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of CAPITULATE is to surrender often after negotiation of terms. How to use capitulate in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Capitulate.
CAPITULATE meaning: 1. to accept military defeat: 2. to accept something or agree to do something unwillingly: 3. to…. Learn more.
Capitulate definition: to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. See examples of CAPITULATE used in a sentence.
If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do. The club eventually capitulated and now grants equal rights to women. [VERB] In less than two hours Cohen capitulated to virtually every demand. [VERB + to] Synonyms: give in, yield, concede, submit More Synonyms of capitulate.
CAPITULATE definition: to stop disagreeing or fighting with someone and agree to what they want. Learn more.
[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.
To capitulate is to surrender outright or to give in under certain terms. Either way, you’re agreeing to something you don’t really want. The word comes from the Latin roots caput ("head") and capitulum ("headings"), a reference to the official agreement drawn up when someone formally surrendered.
Definition of capitulate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To surrender under specified conditions: The garrison capitulated after the bombardment. 2. To give up all resistance; acquiesce: capitulate to the pressure of public opinion. See Synonyms at yield. [Medieval Latin capitulāre, capitulāt-, to draw up in chapters, from capitulum, chapter; see chapter .] ca·pit′u·lant n. ca·pit′u·la′tor n.
