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capitulates

capitulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of capitulate.

Meaning of capitulate

Verb

capitulate (third-person singular simple present capitulates, present participle capitulating, simple past and past participle capitulated)

  1. (intransitive) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply.
    • He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
  2. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
    • The lawes […] which we capitulate at sea […] are not used on lande.1593, Thomas Lodge, Life and Death of William Longbeard
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To draw up articles of agreement with; to propose terms, treat, bargain, parley.
    • there capitulates with the king […] to take to wife his daughter Mary1661, Peter Heylin, Ecclesia restaurata
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To make conditions, stipulate, agree, formulate, conclude (upon something).

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Questions about capitulates

What is capitulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Capitulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of capitulate.

Words near capitulates in the dictionary

  1. capitularly
  2. capitulars
  3. capitulary
  4. capitulate
  5. capitulated
  6. capitulates
  7. capitulateth
  8. capitulating
  9. capitulation
  10. capitulationism
  11. capitulationist

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