Capitulating

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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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