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CAPITULATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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))
