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Capitulate vs Abase - What's the difference?

capitulate | abase |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between capitulate and abase

is that capitulate is (obsolete) to draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley while abase is (obsolete) to lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.

As verbs the difference between capitulate and abase

is that capitulate is (obsolete) to draw up in chapters; to enumerate while abase is (archaic) to lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye .

capitulate

English

Verb

(capitulat)
  • (obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
  • (obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
  • * Heylin
  • there capitulates with the king to take to wife his daughter Mary
  • 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.
  • * Macaulay
  • The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated .

    Synonyms

    * wave the white flag

    abase

    English

    Verb

    (abas)
  • (archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
  • "Saying so, he abased his lance''." - ''
  • To lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
  • "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased'' ." - ''Luke 14:11
  • (obsolete) To lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.
  • Synonyms

    * debase * degrade

    Antonyms

    * promote * exalt * extoll

    Derived terms

    * abasedly * abasement * abaser

    References

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