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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Capitulate \Ca*pit"u*late\, v. t. To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Capitulate \Ca*pit"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Capitulated}; p. pr & vb n. {Capitulating}.] [LL. capitulatus p. p. of capitulare to capitulate: cf F. capituler. See {Capitular}, n.] 1. To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obs.] There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. --Heylin. There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. --Trench. 2. To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as an army or a garrison capitulates. The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: capitulate v : surrender under agreed conditions
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