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Capitulating
(gcide) | 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.]
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There capitulates with the king . . . to take to
wife his daughter Mary. --Heylin.
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There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement
to certain heads or capitula should not be called to
capitulate. --Trench.
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2. To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under
several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.
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The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.
--Macaulay.
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