capitulates
Meaning of capitulates
- cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield.
the patriots had to capitulate to the enemy forces
mid 16th century (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’.
Information about capitulates
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of capitulates is: capitulate.
- Languages in which capitulates is used:
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Hyphenation of capitulates
ca-pit-u-lates
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- capitulates is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
capitulates synonyms
Meaning stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority:
Meaning give way to arguments, demands, or pressure:
Meaning accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person:
Meaning fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force:
Meaning break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration:
Meaning abandon or mitigate a severe or harsh attitude, especially by finally yielding to a request:
Meaning accept something reluctantly but without protest:
Meaning agree to a demand, request, or treaty:
Meaning be captured or defeated:
capitulates antonyms
Meaning withstand the action or effect of:
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