0 past simple and past participle of capitulate --
1 to accept military defeat: --
The sports minister today capitulated to calls for his resignation.
Their forces capitulated five hours after the bombardment of the city began.
It capitulated and refused to take the necessary power to plan the country's economy and get it through the crisis.
There is no great merit in confessing his failure to preserve his honour by saying that he only did it when he had capitulated.
Anyhow, we have not capitulated to the clamour.
She capitulated with grace, as we would expect her to do, as a result.
We are glad that at least he has not entirely capitulated to his back bench friends and their demands.
It is sad to see that all the evidence is that he has capitulated to the right wing on education.
The trouble is that they have capitulated in an evil hour.
They have capitulated to the moneylenders, and what have they capitulated to do?
