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Capitulate

Capitulate Meaning & Definition
Capitulate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Capitulate?

[v] surrender under agreed conditions

Synonyms | Synonyms for Capitulate:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Capitulate: 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

See Also | give up | surrender

Capitulate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Ca*pit"u*late\, v. t. To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [R.]

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