CAPITULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capitulate mean? 

• CAPITULATE (verb)
  The verb CAPITULATE has 1 sense:

1. surrender under agreed conditions

  Familiarity information: CAPITULATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they capitulate    ... he / she / it capitulates   
Past simple: capitulated   
Past participle: capitulated   
-ing form: capitulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surrender under agreed conditions

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "capitulate" is one way to...):

give up; surrender (give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

capitulation (the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions))

 Context examples 

Margaret, if you had seen the man who thus capitulated for his safety, your surprise would have been boundless.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)