capitulate
中文来自 ECDICT
- vi.
- (有条件)投降
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←中世纪拉丁语 capitulātus
- 源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 capitulō “(originally; of a book, text) to draw up under distinct headings; (from the 15{{sup|th}} c.) to bargain, parley, convene”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *kap-
原始词根
原始印欧语 *kap-
词源说明
The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1537; borrowed from Medieval Latin capitulātus perfect passive participle of Medieval Latin capitulō (“(originally; of a book, text) to draw up under distinct headings; (from the 15th c.) to bargain, parley, convene”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), diminutive of caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
- (ambitransitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters, heads or articles; to enumerate, specify.
- (transitive, obsolete) To draw up articles of agreement
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释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Alternative form of capitoulate