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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Capitulate \Ca*pit"u*late\, v. t.
     To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on
     certain conditions. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  capitulate
       v : surrender under agreed conditions

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

















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