capitulate

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capitulate^¹

/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/ UK
/kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.leɪt/ UK
/kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.leɪt/ US
/kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ə.leɪt/ US
/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.lət/ UK
/kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.lət/ UK
/kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.lət/ US
/kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ə.lət/ US

Where it comes from

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.

verb capitulates · capitulating · capitulated

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.
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.
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).

adjective more capitulate · most capitulate

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.
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.

capitulate^²

/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.lət/ UK
/kəˈpɪ.t͡ʃə.lət/ UK
/kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ʊ.lət/ US
/kəˈpɪt͡ʃ.(j)ə.lət/ US

noun capitulates

alternative Alternative form of capitoulate

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