capitulate

****************************************************************
Attention word gurus:  try WORD SWEEP!, the first board game to feature 
Merriam-Webster definitions! Available at Borders Bookstores.  
http://www.wordsweep.com
****************************************************************

The Word of the Day for December 17 is:

capitulate \kuh-PIH-chuh-layt\  verb 
    *1 : to surrender often after negotiation of terms 
     2 : to cease resisting : acquiesce 

Example sentence:
     During negotiations for her comic strip, Sally let it be known that she 
was willing to forgo the large advance, but creative control was one area where 
she refused to capitulate. 

Did you know? 
      "Capitulate" and its synonyms "yield," "submit," and "succumb" all mean 
to give way to someone or something, with a few slight differences in emphasis. 
"Yield" may apply to any sort or degree of bowing to force, debate, or pleading 
("yields too easily in any argument"). "Submit" suggests surrender, after 
resistance, to the will or control of another ("a sinner submitting to the will 
of God"). "Succumb" imputes weakness and helplessness to the person giving in, 
or an overwhelming power to the opposition ("succumbing to temptation"). 
"Capitulate" stresses the termination of all resistance and may imply either a 
coming to terms, as with an adversary, or hopelessness before an irresistible 
opposing force ("officials capitulated to the demands").

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.






You Are Subscribed As: gclw-mw-wod7@xxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to subscribe to the html
version of Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day, featuring audio
pronunciations, please visit:

http://www.startsampling.com/sm/wod/changeofaddress.iphtml

(c) 2006 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated

Merriam-Webster, Inc.
47 Federal Street
P.O. Box 281
Springfield, MA 01102