capitulate
11capitulate — ca|pit|u|late [ kə pıtʃə,leıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL 1. ) to stop opposing what someone wants and agree to it, usually because they are stronger than you: The police capitulated and allowed the march to go ahead. capitulate to: We will not… …
12capitulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. surrender. See submission. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. yield, surrender, submit, give up; see yield 1 . See Synonym Study at yield . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [kuh PICH yoo… …
13capitulate — [[t]kəpɪ̱tʃʊleɪt[/t]] capitulates, capitulating, capitulated VERB 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... [V to n] In less than two… …
14capitulate — verb the rebels had been forced to capitulate Syn: surrender, give in/up, yield, concede defeat, give up the struggle, submit, knuckle under; lay down one s arms, raise/show the white flag, throw in the towel Ant: resist, hold out …
15capitulate — ca•pit•u•late [[t]kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪt[/t]] v. i. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms 2) cvb to give up resistance; yield: to capitulate to someone s pleas[/ex] • Etymology: 1570–80; < ML capitulātus, ptp. of… …
16capitulate — intransitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Medieval Latin capitulatus, past participle of capitulare to distinguish by heads or chapters, from Late Latin capitulum Date: 1596 1. archaic parley, negotiate 2 …
17capitulate — capitulant, n. capitulator, n. /keuh pich euh layt /, v.i., capitulated, capitulating. 1. to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. 2. to give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way. [1570 80; < ML… …
18capitulate — verb /kəˈpɪt.jʊ.leɪt,kəˈpɪt.jə.leɪt,kəˈpɪtʃ.jʊ.leɪt,kəˈpɪtʃ.jə.leɪt/ To end all resistance; to give up; to go along with or comply; may imply compliance with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope He argued and hollered for so… …
19capitulate — Synonyms and related words: abandon, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, beg a truce, bow, cave, cede, come to terms, concede, cry pax, cry quits, defer, give in, give over, give up, implore mercy, knuckle, knuckle under, pray for quarter, relent,… …
20capitulate — ca|pit|u|late [kəˈpıtʃuleıt] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of capitulare [i] to divide up into named parts , from Late Latin capitulum ( CHAPTER); from the making of a peace agreement with several parts] 1.)… …
