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Antonyms for capitulate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh-pich-uh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈpɪtʃ əˌleɪt


Definition of capitulate

Origin :
  • 1570s, "to draw up in chapters" (i.e., under "heads"), in part a back-formation from capitulation, in part from Medieval Latin capitulatus, past participle of capitulare "to draw up in heads or chapters, arrange conditions." Often of terms of surrender, hence meaning "to yield on stipulated terms" (1680s). Related: Capitulated; capitulating.
  • verb give in
Example sentences :
  • I make him offer to capitulate if he will accord us passage with the honours of war.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Your attentions flatter her, and predispose her to capitulate.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "You must not capitulate with your Sovereign," said the Chancellor.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • It is a fortress that well besieged may capitulate like any other.
  • Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid
  • But now,—now if the siege were made, the town would have to capitulate at the first shot.
  • Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
  • They will be the first to capitulate at the first house which is fired.
  • Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • They hastened to capitulate, and in August, 1584, received a Spanish garrison.
  • Extract from : « The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete » by Friedrich Schiller
  • He compelled them to capitulate at Arecise, and to surrender Fernanbon.
  • Extract from : « An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Then I knew that the fortress was about to capitulate and re-doubled my attacks.
  • Extract from : « My Friends the Savages » by Giovanni Battista Cerruti
  • It was determined to capitulate in the name of the whole colony.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

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