# capitulate

> English word · Verb · IPA /kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/ · frequency rank #52,836

## Definitions
1. To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
2. To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
3. To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.
4. To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).

## Etymology
The 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.

## Source
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