Capitulate

Definition of Capitulate

Ca`pit´u`late
v. i.1.To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.
[imp. & p. p. Capitulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capitulating.]
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.
v. t.1.To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.

Related Words

abandon, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, beg a truce, bow, cave, cede, come to terms, concede, cry pax, cry quits, defer, give in, give over, give up, implore mercy, knuckle, knuckle under, pray for quarter, relent, relinquish, renounce, say uncle, submit, succumb, surrender, yield, yield the palm
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