capitulatev.

Brit.

/kəˈpɪtjᵿleɪt/,

/kəˈpɪtʃᵿleɪt/, U.S.

/kəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s capitulat, 1500s– capitulate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin capitulat-, capitulare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin capitulat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of capitulare to summarize (8th cent. in a British source), to reprehend (someone) in the conventual assembly (11th cent.), to arrange in chapters (12th cent.), to hold an assembly (14th cent.), to stipulate in an agreement, to agree (15th cent.) < capitulum head of a discourse, chapter, title (see capitulum n.); compare classical Latin capitulātus (see capitulate adj.). With the semantic development compare Middle French, French capituler (intransitive) to hold a chapter meeting (1330), to negotiate, parley (1540), to surrender (1751), (transitive) to divide (a text) into chapters (1370), to negotiate (terms of surrender) (16th cent.). Compare Old Occitan capitolar , capitular (1411), Catalan capitular (1434), Spanish capitular (mid 15th cent.), Portuguese capitular (1364), Italian capitolare (a1432); also Dutch capituleren (1533), German kapitulieren (a1402 as capitulieren ). Compare earlier capitulate adj. and capitulation n.With sense 2 compare Old English gecapitulod (adjective) provided with chapter-headings (apparently < y- prefix + capitle n. + -ed suffix²; also uncapitulod (adjective) not provided with chapter-headings):OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) iv. Introd. 46 Hit is þeah to witanne, hwy þeos feorðe boc sy uncapitulod, nu þa ærran bec synt gecapitulod.

1. intransitive. To draw up articles of agreement; to propose terms; to treat, parley, negotiate; to stipulate; to come to terms, to agree. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > make conditions, stipulate [verb (intransitive)]

providea1450

conditiona1513

capitulate1537

to stand upon (or on) terms1565

conditionate1642

postulate1754

stipulate1790

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate

driveOE

treat1297

chaffer1377

broke1496

hucka1529

capitulate1537

hack1587

haggle1589

huckster1593

negotiate1598

to stand out1606

palter1611

to drive a hard bargaina1628

priga1628

scotch1627

prig1632

higgle1633

to dodge it1652

to beat a (the) bargain1664

society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > peace treaty > conclude peace treaty [verb (intransitive)] > discuss terms

capitulate1537

parle1558

parley1570

1537 [implied in: T. Wyatt Let. in W. H. Siek Life & Lett. (1963) iii. 51 He replid what hurt if thei myght passe with alowyng and capitulating both of the bishopp and other. (at capitulating n.)].

1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War viii. xii. f. ccxviiii They determyned..to capitulate and conferre wyth them touchynge the estate of the cytie.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 120 Percy, Northumberland,..Mortimer, Capitulate against vs.

1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 58 Plemminius..did capitulate with Lepidus to render vp the towne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 83 Do not bid me..capitulate Againe, with Romes Mechanickes.

1639 Ld. Wariston Diary (1896) 43 We..doe not capitulat that his Ma[jesty] should remove his armies to the lyke distance.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 220 The Spaniards..capitulated day after day to prolong time.

1715 D. Defoe Appeal to Honour & Justice 17 I capitulate for so much Justice as to explain myself by this Declaration.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. x. 102 The Portugueze capitulated to leave Ormuze, with all the Fortifications intire.

1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein I. Let. iv. 25 The man who thus capitulated for his safety.

1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic & Other Poems 96 Quelled, he at last capitulates with Death.

1903 C. H. D. Giglioli Naples in 1799 xvii. 347 However true it may be that one does not capitulate with the rebels, they had the forts in their hands.

1957 J. A. Williamson Tudor Age xiii. 279 Warwick capitulated for the honourable withdrawal of his remnant at the end of July.

1986 R. G. Thorne House of Commons 1790–1820 IV. 768/2 Bankes again capitulated for a bill of limited duration.

a. transitive. To draw (a text) up in chapters, or under heads or articles; to specify, enumerate. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)]

telleOE

reckonc1175

titlea1325

reckonc1400

entitlec1430

recitea1475

recount1481

perusea1535

capitulate1566

recense1583

catalogue1598

item1601

renumerate1605

list1614

enumeratea1649

recenseate1657

cataloguize1820

to run down ——1833

reel1835

to call off1846

itemize1864

enumer1936

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xliv. f. 215 Radegonde was she, that..capitulated the articles of their secrete mariage.

1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard E ij b The lawes..which we capitulate at sea are not..used on lande.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 13 The places of Serpents abode beeing thus generally capitulated.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xv. 70 The Articles reflecting both upon Church and State being capitulated, and interchangeably accorded on both sides.

1678 A. Marvell Remarks Late Disingenuous Disc. 31 The Discourse in the words before cited, capitulates that Mr. Howe should by Efficacious intend Infallibility.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. iii. 59 It seemed sufficient for the present..to capitulate the few material matters briefly.

1901 Amer. Ann. of Deaf Jan. 74 Immediately after the delivery of this paper, Mr. Vatter..presented another... It was capitulated under eight heads.

†b. intransitive. To write headings or chapters. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > list > [verb (intransitive)]

reckonc1300

capitulate1596

catalogue1596

schedulize1832

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L2 For an assay..of his pen, he capitulated on the births of monsters.

†3.

a. transitive. To make terms about (something), agree upon the terms of; to negotiate, to conclude. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate

setc900

treat1357

merchantc1400

tract1508

article1526

capitulate1567

articulate1602

to stand with ——1616

huckster1642

traffica1649

transact1654

negotiate1720

renegotiate1787

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv. f. 209 Peace was capitulated betwene the two reconciled louers.

1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard F ij b A peace lately capitulated betwixt Dagobert, kinge of France and Grimoald.

a1649 King Charles I Wks. (1662) 230 He had no Commission..to capitulate anything concerning Religion.

1880 tr. in Lett. & Papers Henry VIII XIX. ii. 345 The common invasion was capitulated, in articles distinct from the rest of the treaty.

b. transitive. To make (something) the subject of negotiation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate > make the subject of negotiation

to lay on the table1646

capitulate1661

1661 Thracian Wonder ii. i. sig. C2^v How dare you, sir, capitulate the Cause?

a. intransitive. Of a general, force, garrison, fortress, town, etc.: to surrender, esp. on stated conditions.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender

to cry (or say) creanta1250

to yield oneself creanta1250

to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1325

yieldc1330

recray1340

summisec1450

render1523

amain1540

surrender1560

to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.)1593

articulate1595

to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595

to give grass1597

capitulate1601

to cry cravena1634

to lower or strike one's flag1644

bail1840

hands-up1879

kamerad1914

1601 F. Bacon Declar. Pract. & Treasons Earl of Essex sig. G^v Hee would not capitulate, but intreat, and made three petitions.

1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 547 The 12th, the duke of Gourdon beat a parly, and desired to capitulate.

1705 London Gaz. 4160/3 The Castle of Mittau began to capitulate the 14th instant.

1746 D. Hume Let. 4 Oct. (1932) I. 96 They..immediatly offer'd to capitulate, tho' upon Terms, which wou'd have made their Conquest of no Significancy to us.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 149 To capitulate on honourable and advantageous terms.

1874 G. Bancroft Footpr. of Time iii. 160 Washington..after defending himself one day, capitulates.

1901 F. W. Rolfe Chron. House Borgia 131 The fortress of Monte San Giovanni capitulated to him.

1940 J. Colville Diary 4 June in Fringes of Power (1985) 148 The Russians taking over the country, were therefore thinking of capitulating to the Germans.

2005 News of World (Nexis) 11 Sept. He crossed to Canada, forcing Montreal..to capitulate.

b. transitive. To surrender (something) upon terms.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defeat > suffer defeat [verb (transitive)] > surrender (a town, etc.)

yield1297

ayield1450

render1481

surrender1509

capitulate1610

to lay down (one's) arms1659

to ground arms1855

1610 T. Blenerhasset Direction for Plantation in Vlster sig. D3^v They wil not capitulate the fresh and flourishing County of Colraine.

1703 Duke of Marlborough Let. 16 May in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 178 Thay having begone to capitulate these town last night,..I am very uneasy.

1792 J. Fennell Rev. Proc. at Paris 55 The cowardly idea of..capitulating a declaration of their rights.

1847 R. W. Hamilton Revealed Doctr. Rewards & Punishm. vi. 330 We cannot capitulate the premisses.

1870 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. The new Minister..seems..disposed to the policy of capitulating France.

1902 E. Emerson Hist. 19th Cent. I. 198 General Kalkreuth agreed to capitulate the city.

1922 Eng. Hist. Rev. July 371 On 1 March the fort was capitulated.

1999 R. P. Davis Where Man can Go i. 8 Sir Richard capitulated the fortress and, with his children, was thrown into prison.

2006 H. Sides Blood & Thunder xxxviii. 294 Via subordinate officers sent under a white flag, he instructed Colonel Canby to ‘capitulate’ the fort.

c. intransitive. figurative. To yield; to give way, to give in. Frequently with to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in

descend?a1400

to give up the girdlea1400

submita1525

to give over1530

subscribe1560

yield1576

come1607

to give in1616

to give the stoop1623

buckle1642

incumb1656

to knock under board, under (the) table1692

capitulate1714

to strike underc1730

knuckle down1735

cave1844

to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860

incline1866

to give (it) best1878

give way1879

to roll over1919

1714 Spectator No. 566. ⁋8 I still pursued, and, about two o'clock this afternoon, she thought fit to capitulate.

1841 R. W. Emerson Essays ii. 42 I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names.

1852 H. Melville Pierre xvi. i. 312 The whole vast triangular town, for a moment, seemed dimly and despondently to capitulate to the eye.

1914 T. A. Smoot Standard of Pitch in Relig. iii. 32 The child is thereby conquered by kindness, and readily capitulates to love.

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. iii. 317 The Cabinet has capitulated to the rabbis and no non-kosher meat will be imported into Israel.

1986 Country Quest July 5/2 Yesterday's splendours have capitulated to the practicalities of today.

2008 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 27/5 Oh-so-modern Britain just appeases and capitulates. France fights tigerishly for its interests and usually wins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	capitulate
释义	capitulateadj. Brit. /kəˈpɪtjᵿlət/, /kəˈpɪtʃᵿlət/, U.S. /kəˈpɪtʃələt/, /kəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1700s– capitulate, 1600s capitulat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin capitulātus. Etymology: < classical Latin capitulātus having a head or terminal knob, in post-classical Latin also arranged according to the most important heads (4th cent.) < capitulum head of a discourse, chapter, title (see capitulum n.) + -ātus -ate suffix². Compare capitulate v. 2. †1. Agreed or laid down in a number of distinct heads or items; stipulated. Frequently as past participle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [adjective] > agreed or agreed to affirmed1440 capitulate1528 bargained1552 pacted1567 concluded1569 undisputed1570 capitulated1586 conditioneda1652 pactitious1656 up-striked1677 stipulatory1762 trysted1793 1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. l. 99 It is capitulate between the king's highness and the French king to make actual war in Flaundres. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 29 It was a lawe made and capitulat, by the Lawiers. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiv. vi. 512 It was capitulate and covenanted, that..the river Himera should confine and limit..the dominion of the Carthaginians. 1685 Tryal High-treason R. Baillie 49 It was capitulat, that he should not be made use of as a Witness. 2. Chiefly Botany. Bearing or forming a capitulum; having a rounded head. ΚΠ 1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants I. 21 Flowers disposed in a crowded bifid cyme, as if capitulate. 1871 D. Oliver Flora Trop. Afr. II. 420 Flowers collected at the ends of the peduncles, forming umbellate or capitulate spikes. 1912 New Phytologist 11 392 The aggregation of flowers into capitulate inflorescences is a character directly advantageous from the aspect of the biological function of cross-pollination. 1960 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 79 10 Ventral surface of head provided with short capitulate setae. 2000 S. S. Rajan Res. Trends Mod. Bot. v. 240 Two forms—a large capitulate type and a small one have been analysed from the point of view of spot pattern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). capitulatev. Brit. /kəˈpɪtjᵿleɪt/, /kəˈpɪtʃᵿleɪt/, U.S. /kəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s capitulat, 1500s– capitulate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin capitulat-, capitulare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin capitulat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of capitulare to summarize (8th cent. in a British source), to reprehend (someone) in the conventual assembly (11th cent.), to arrange in chapters (12th cent.), to hold an assembly (14th cent.), to stipulate in an agreement, to agree (15th cent.) < capitulum head of a discourse, chapter, title (see capitulum n.); compare classical Latin capitulātus (see capitulate adj.). With the semantic development compare Middle French, French capituler (intransitive) to hold a chapter meeting (1330), to negotiate, parley (1540), to surrender (1751), (transitive) to divide (a text) into chapters (1370), to negotiate (terms of surrender) (16th cent.). Compare Old Occitan capitolar , capitular (1411), Catalan capitular (1434), Spanish capitular (mid 15th cent.), Portuguese capitular (1364), Italian capitolare (a1432); also Dutch capituleren (1533), German kapitulieren (a1402 as capitulieren ). Compare earlier capitulate adj. and capitulation n.With sense 2 compare Old English gecapitulod (adjective) provided with chapter-headings (apparently < y- prefix + capitle n. + -ed suffix²; also uncapitulod (adjective) not provided with chapter-headings):OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) iv. Introd. 46 Hit is þeah to witanne, hwy þeos feorðe boc sy uncapitulod, nu þa ærran bec synt gecapitulod. 1. intransitive. To draw up articles of agreement; to propose terms; to treat, parley, negotiate; to stipulate; to come to terms, to agree. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > make conditions, stipulate [verb (intransitive)] providea1450 conditiona1513 capitulate1537 to stand upon (or on) terms1565 conditionate1642 postulate1754 stipulate1790 the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate driveOE treat1297 chaffer1377 broke1496 hucka1529 capitulate1537 hack1587 haggle1589 huckster1593 negotiate1598 to stand out1606 palter1611 to drive a hard bargaina1628 priga1628 scotch1627 prig1632 higgle1633 to dodge it1652 to beat a (the) bargain1664 society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > peace treaty > conclude peace treaty [verb (intransitive)] > discuss terms capitulate1537 parle1558 parley1570 1537 [implied in: T. Wyatt Let. in W. H. Siek Life & Lett. (1963) iii. 51 He replid what hurt if thei myght passe with alowyng and capitulating both of the bishopp and other. (at capitulating n.)]. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War viii. xii. f. ccxviiii They determyned..to capitulate and conferre wyth them touchynge the estate of the cytie. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 120 Percy, Northumberland,..Mortimer, Capitulate against vs. View more context for this quotation 1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 58 Plemminius..did capitulate with Lepidus to render vp the towne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 83 Do not bid me..capitulate Againe, with Romes Mechanickes. View more context for this quotation 1639 Ld. Wariston Diary (1896) 43 We..doe not capitulat that his Ma[jesty] should remove his armies to the lyke distance. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 220 The Spaniards..capitulated day after day to prolong time. 1715 D. Defoe Appeal to Honour & Justice 17 I capitulate for so much Justice as to explain myself by this Declaration. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. x. 102 The Portugueze capitulated to leave Ormuze, with all the Fortifications intire. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein I. Let. iv. 25 The man who thus capitulated for his safety. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic & Other Poems 96 Quelled, he at last capitulates with Death. 1903 C. H. D. Giglioli Naples in 1799 xvii. 347 However true it may be that one does not capitulate with the rebels, they had the forts in their hands. 1957 J. A. Williamson Tudor Age xiii. 279 Warwick capitulated for the honourable withdrawal of his remnant at the end of July. 1986 R. G. Thorne House of Commons 1790–1820 IV. 768/2 Bankes again capitulated for a bill of limited duration. 2. a. transitive. To draw (a text) up in chapters, or under heads or articles; to specify, enumerate. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] telleOE reckonc1175 titlea1325 reckonc1400 entitlec1430 recitea1475 recount1481 perusea1535 capitulate1566 recense1583 catalogue1598 item1601 renumerate1605 list1614 enumeratea1649 recenseate1657 cataloguize1820 to run down ——1833 reel1835 to call off1846 itemize1864 enumer1936 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xliv. f. 215 Radegonde was she, that..capitulated the articles of their secrete mariage. 1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard E ij b The lawes..which we capitulate at sea are not..used on lande. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 13 The places of Serpents abode beeing thus generally capitulated. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xv. 70 The Articles reflecting both upon Church and State being capitulated, and interchangeably accorded on both sides. 1678 A. Marvell Remarks Late Disingenuous Disc. 31 The Discourse in the words before cited, capitulates that Mr. Howe should by Efficacious intend Infallibility. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. iii. 59 It seemed sufficient for the present..to capitulate the few material matters briefly. 1901 Amer. Ann. of Deaf Jan. 74 Immediately after the delivery of this paper, Mr. Vatter..presented another... It was capitulated under eight heads. †b. intransitive. To write headings or chapters. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [verb (intransitive)] reckonc1300 capitulate1596 catalogue1596 schedulize1832 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L2 For an assay..of his pen, he capitulated on the births of monsters. †3. a. transitive. To make terms about (something), agree upon the terms of; to negotiate, to conclude. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate setc900 treat1357 merchantc1400 tract1508 article1526 capitulate1567 articulate1602 to stand with ——1616 huckster1642 traffica1649 transact1654 negotiate1720 renegotiate1787 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv. f. 209 Peace was capitulated betwene the two reconciled louers. 1593 T. Lodge Life & Death William Long Beard F ij b A peace lately capitulated betwixt Dagobert, kinge of France and Grimoald. a1649 King Charles I Wks. (1662) 230 He had no Commission..to capitulate anything concerning Religion. 1880 tr. in Lett. & Papers Henry VIII XIX. ii. 345 The common invasion was capitulated, in articles distinct from the rest of the treaty. b. transitive. To make (something) the subject of negotiation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate > make the subject of negotiation to lay on the table1646 capitulate1661 1661 Thracian Wonder ii. i. sig. C2^v How dare you, sir, capitulate the Cause? 4. a. intransitive. Of a general, force, garrison, fortress, town, etc.: to surrender, esp. on stated conditions. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender to cry (or say) creanta1250 to yield oneself creanta1250 to do (also put) oneself in (also to) a person's mercya1325 yieldc1330 recray1340 summisec1450 render1523 amain1540 surrender1560 to throw down one's arms (also weapons, etc.)1593 articulate1595 to yield (also bow oneself) to (also upon) mercy1595 to give grass1597 capitulate1601 to cry cravena1634 to lower or strike one's flag1644 bail1840 hands-up1879 kamerad1914 1601 F. Bacon Declar. Pract. & Treasons Earl of Essex sig. G^v Hee would not capitulate, but intreat, and made three petitions. 1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 547 The 12th, the duke of Gourdon beat a parly, and desired to capitulate. 1705 London Gaz. 4160/3 The Castle of Mittau began to capitulate the 14th instant. 1746 D. Hume Let. 4 Oct. (1932) I. 96 They..immediatly offer'd to capitulate, tho' upon Terms, which wou'd have made their Conquest of no Significancy to us. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 149 To capitulate on honourable and advantageous terms. 1874 G. Bancroft Footpr. of Time iii. 160 Washington..after defending himself one day, capitulates. 1901 F. W. Rolfe Chron. House Borgia 131 The fortress of Monte San Giovanni capitulated to him. 1940 J. Colville Diary 4 June in Fringes of Power (1985) 148 The Russians taking over the country, were therefore thinking of capitulating to the Germans. 2005 News of World (Nexis) 11 Sept. He crossed to Canada, forcing Montreal..to capitulate. b. transitive. To surrender (something) upon terms. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > suffer defeat [verb (transitive)] > surrender (a town, etc.) yield1297 ayield1450 render1481 surrender1509 capitulate1610 to lay down (one's) arms1659 to ground arms1855 1610 T. Blenerhasset Direction for Plantation in Vlster sig. D3^v They wil not capitulate the fresh and flourishing County of Colraine. 1703 Duke of Marlborough Let. 16 May in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 178 Thay having begone to capitulate these town last night,..I am very uneasy. 1792 J. Fennell Rev. Proc. at Paris 55 The cowardly idea of..capitulating a declaration of their rights. 1847 R. W. Hamilton Revealed Doctr. Rewards & Punishm. vi. 330 We cannot capitulate the premisses. 1870 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. The new Minister..seems..disposed to the policy of capitulating France. 1902 E. Emerson Hist. 19th Cent. I. 198 General Kalkreuth agreed to capitulate the city. 1922 Eng. Hist. Rev. July 371 On 1 March the fort was capitulated. 1999 R. P. Davis Where Man can Go i. 8 Sir Richard capitulated the fortress and, with his children, was thrown into prison. 2006 H. Sides Blood & Thunder xxxviii. 294 Via subordinate officers sent under a white flag, he instructed Colonel Canby to ‘capitulate’ the fort. c. intransitive. figurative. To yield; to give way, to give in. Frequently with to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in descend?a1400 to give up the girdlea1400 submita1525 to give over1530 subscribe1560 yield1576 come1607 to give in1616 to give the stoop1623 buckle1642 incumb1656 to knock under board, under (the) table1692 capitulate1714 to strike underc1730 knuckle down1735 cave1844 to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860 incline1866 to give (it) best1878 give way1879 to roll over1919 1714 Spectator No. 566. ⁋8 I still pursued, and, about two o'clock this afternoon, she thought fit to capitulate. 1841 R. W. Emerson Essays ii. 42 I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names. 1852 H. Melville Pierre xvi. i. 312 The whole vast triangular town, for a moment, seemed dimly and despondently to capitulate to the eye. 1914 T. A. Smoot Standard of Pitch in Relig. iii. 32 The child is thereby conquered by kindness, and readily capitulates to love. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. iii. 317 The Cabinet has capitulated to the rabbis and no non-kosher meat will be imported into Israel. 1986 Country Quest July 5/2 Yesterday's splendours have capitulated to the practicalities of today. 2008 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 27/5 Oh-so-modern Britain just appeases and capitulates. France fights tigerishly for its interests and usually wins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1528v.1537
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capitulateadj.

capitulatev.