CAPITULATE

capitulate

(verb) surrender under agreed conditions

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

capitulate (third-person singular simple present capitulates, present participle capitulating, simple past and past participle capitulated)

(intransitive) To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.

(transitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.

(transitive, obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.

Synonyms

• (surrender, end resistance, give up): wave the white flag

Source: Wiktionary

Ca*pit"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Capitulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capitulating.] Etym: [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.

Definition: To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition