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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1520/
- Published: 2024-03-28T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-24T17:33:21.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

capitulate (verb):

1a: to surrender often after negotiation of terms  
b: to cease resisting : acquiesce  
2 *archaic* : parley, negotiate

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitulate?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : When it first entered English in the 16th century, capitulate meant “to discuss terms with an enemy; to negotiate.” Its Latin source is more bookshelf than battlefield: the Medieval Latin word capitulare means “to distinguish \[text\] by chapters or headings,” as well as “to stipulate in an agreement.” The original “negotiate” sense of capitulate is now rarely heard, and today capitulate typically stresses surrender, whether to agreed-upon terms or in hopelessness before an irresistible opposing force (as in “team owners capitulated to the demands of the players’ union”).

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