To capitulate is to surrender or give in to all demands.
(verb)An example of capitulate is when someone asks something of you and you give in to everything they request.
See capitulate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb capitulated, capitulating
Origin: < LL capitulatus, pp. of capitulare, to draw up in heads or chapters, arrange conditions < capitulum: see capitular
See capitulate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb ca·pit·u·lat·ed, ca·pit·u·lat·ing, ca·pit·u·lates
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Origin: Medieval Latin capitulāre, capitulāt-, to draw up in chapters
Origin: , from capitulum, chapter; see chapter
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