different between capitulatory vs capitulate

English

Etymology

capitulate +? -ory

Adjective

capitulatory (comparative more capitulatory, superlative most capitulatory)

1. Serving to capitulate or surrender.
   • 2006, Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard, Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution (page 148)

     Both the connection between the two bills and the capitulatory nature of the first were publicly and strongly denounced by Khomeini, who saw them as signs of bondage to the United States.

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Medieval Latin capitulare (“draw up under headings”), from Latin capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”), diminutive of caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??p?.tj?.le?t/, /k??p?.t???.le?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??p?t??.j?.le?t/, /k??p?t??.j?.le?t/

Verb

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

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.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
   • 1661, Peter Heylin, Ecclesia restaurata

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

Synonyms

• (surrender, end resistance, give up): wave the white flag

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