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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Recapitulate #218274 08/25/2014 9:21 AM Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7 Ludicrana Falls FoFong stranger FoFong stranger Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7 Ludicrana Falls Recapitulate does not mean 'to capitulate again', but this raises the question: How did capitulate come to mean what it does? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Capitulate FoFong #220646 03/26/2015 12:09 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK 'Capitulate' comes from Latin capitulum, 'chapter'. It originally meant 'to draw up terms of surrender (chapter by chapter)'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Capitulate A C Bowden #220651 03/26/2015 5:35 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water You hit that one right on the nose. Exactly. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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