Ca-pit'ū-lāte1, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. CAPITULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CAPITULATING.] [L. Lat. capitulare, Fr. capituler. See CAPITULAR, n.]
Sense 1. To settle or draw up the heads of an agreement, as in chapters or articles. [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.
Sense 2. To surrender on stipulated terms, as an army or garrison.
The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. Macaulay.