capitulate
Having or forming a capitulumHaving or forming a capitulum.
» They capitulated unconditionally.
Они безоговорочно капитулировали.
Meaning
3 sensesHaving or forming a capitulum.
(obsolete)Capitulated: agreed upon, convened, settled on, stipulated.
(obsolete)Reduced to heads, laid down under a certain number of heads or items.
Examples
7 sentencesThey capitulated unconditionally.
ruОни безоговорочно капитулировали. — marafon
Tom had no choice but to capitulate.
I must capitulate.
ruЯ должен капитулировать. — nina99nv
deIch muss kapitulieren. — Esperantostern
Unsurprisingly, France capitulates.
The French language has capitulated to the Anglophone war machine.
Origin
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1537; borrowed from Medieval Latin caThe 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.
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Forms
more capitulate, most capitulate| Comparative | more capitulate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most capitulate Lesson |
regular
Word family
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