Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to capitulate
Participle: capitulated
Gerund: capitulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | capitulate |
| you | capitulate |
| he;she;it | capitulates |
| we | capitulate |
| you | capitulate |
| they | capitulate |
Perfect
| I | have capitulated |
| you | have capitulated |
| he;she;it | has capitulated |
| we | have capitulated |
| you | have capitulated |
| they | have capitulated |
Past
| I | capitulated |
| you | capitulated |
| he;she;it | capitulated |
| we | capitulated |
| you | capitulated |
| they | capitulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had capitulated |
| you | had capitulated |
| he;she;it | had capitulated |
| we | had capitulated |
| you | had capitulated |
| they | had capitulated |
Future
| I | will capitulate |
| you | will capitulate |
| he;she;it | will capitulate |
| we | will capitulate |
| you | will capitulate |
| they | will capitulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have capitulated |
| you | will have capitulated |
| he;she;it | will have capitulated |
| we | will have capitulated |
| you | will have capitulated |
| they | will have capitulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | capitulate |
| you | capitulate |
| he;she;it | capitulate |
| we | capitulate |
| you | capitulate |
| they | capitulate |
Perfect
| I | have capitulated |
| you | have capitulated |
| he;she;it | have capitulated |
| we | have capitulated |
| you | have capitulated |
| they | have capitulated |
Imperfect
| I | capitulated |
| you | capitulated |
| he;she;it | capitulated |
| we | capitulated |
| you | capitulated |
| they | capitulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had capitulated |
| you | had capitulated |
| he;she;it | had capitulated |
| we | had capitulated |
| you | had capitulated |
| they | had capitulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would capitulate |
| you | would capitulate |
| he;she;it | would capitulate |
| we | would capitulate |
| you | would capitulate |
| they | would capitulate |
Perfect
| I | would have capitulated |
| you | would have capitulated |
| he;she;it | would have capitulated |
| we | would have capitulated |
| you | would have capitulated |
| they | would have capitulated |
Imperative
| you | capitulate |
| we | Let's capitulate |
| you | capitulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'capitulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'capitulate'
capitate,
capsulate,
recapitulate,
acidulate,
calculate,
cannulate,
canulate,
capitalise,
capitalize,
captivate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to submit to the power of another
- abandon, bend, cave in, cede, fall in line, give in, give over, give up, give way, knuckle under, relinquish, strike one's flag, strike the colors, strike the flag, submit, surrender, throw in the towel, throw up one's hands, turn in, wave the white flag, yield
- surrender
- submit, yield
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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.
Sample Sentences
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He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
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The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
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BEFORE school rocketed into his tiny world with about as much warning as a sputnik, my son knew only little hates. I knew he had got himself a bigger one when he said to me after his first day there: “School, I HATE IT!” He’s been hating it solidly ever since . . . for all of ten weeks. If I was school . . . I’d capitulate tomorrow. I’d bonfire the books, drain the inkwells and bust up the blackboard — if only he would stop hating. It’s wearing me out! [1957 November 14, Sputnik [pseudonym], “My Son Hates School”, in Daily Record, number 19,357, Glasgow: Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, columns 2–3:]
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The CCP has refused to capitulate to Trump’s demands to come to the table and renegotiate their terms of trade. [2025 April 16, Helen Davidson, “Chinese state media tells Trump to ‘stop whining’ as trade war spirals”, in the Guardian:]
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The lawes […] which we capitulate at sea […] are not used on lande. [1593, Thomas Lodge, Life and Death of William Longbeard:]
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The places of serpents abode being thus generally capitulated. [1608, Edward Topsell, Serpents:]
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there capitulates with the king […] to take to wife his daughter Mary [1661, Peter Heylin, Ecclesia restaurata:]