SAT vocabulary
Capitulate
To cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.
Example
"After weeks of siege, the city was forced to capitulate to the invading army."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin 'capitulare' (to draw up in chapters or headings), later evolving to mean 'to make terms'.
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