capitulate
capitulate
/kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/
1 intransitive capitulate (to somebody/something) to agree to do something that you have been refusing to do for a long time SYNONYM give in (to somebody/something) They were finally forced to capitulate to the terrorists' demands.
2 intransitive capitulate (to somebody/something) to stop resisting an enemy and accept that you are defeated The town capitulated after a three-week siege.
Word Origin
mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘parley, draw up terms’): from French capituler, from medieval Latin capitulare ‘draw up under headings’, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput ‘head’.
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