/
kəˈpɪtjʊleɪt/
v.
cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.
Derivative
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘parley, draw up terms’): from Fr. capituler, from med. L. capitulare ‘draw up under headings’, from L. capitulum, dimin. of caput ‘head’.
