different between chapiter vs capitulate

English

Etymology

Middle English chapiter, from Old French chapitre, from the Latin diminutive of caput (“head”). Doublet of chapter and capitulum.

Noun

chapiter (plural chapiters)

1. Template:obs sb
2. (architecture) The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
3. (Britain, law, obsolete) A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.

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Anagrams

• patchier, phreatic, pie chart, piechart

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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