Capitulate
[kə'pɪtjʊleɪt] or [kə'pɪtʃulet]
Definition
(n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.
(n.) To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.
(v. t.) To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Surrender (by treaty), yield on conditions.
Editor: Rae
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Stipulate, yield, surrender, submit
ANT:Resist, struggle, contend
Editor: Lucia
Definition
v.i. to treat: to draw up terms of agreement: to yield or surrender on certain conditions or heads.—ns. Capit′ulant; Capitulā′tion.—adj. Capit′ulatory recapitulatory.
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Examples
- Still they would not capitulate. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The eastern armies did not so much defeat him as push past him, and Paris capitulated in March. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- General Cornwallis was caught in the Yorktown peninsula in Virginia in 1781, and capitulated with his army. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The army in Metz capitulated in October; Paris, after a siege and bombardment, surrendered in January, 1871. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But there were more accidents and more delays in travel by coach than by train, and so, one by one, they pocketed their pride and capitulated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Margaret, if you had seen the man who thus capitulated for his safety, your surprise would have been boundless. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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