capitulate

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

intransitive obsolete transitive

Japanese Meaning

降伏する。抵抗をすべてやめ、あきらめる、従う。 / （古語）章立てにして数える、各部分を区切って数える。

After weeks of resistance, the besieged town finally decided to capitulate to the advancing army.

数週間の抵抗の末、包囲された町はついに進軍してきた軍に降伏した。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.

He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.

Sense（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.

Sense（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.

there capitulates with the king […] to take to wife his daughter Mary

capitulates

（ present singular third-person ）

capitulating

（ participle present ）

capitulated

（ participle past ）

capitulated

（ past ）