The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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.
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vb. (present participle of capitulate English)
Usage examples of "capitulating".
She didn’t know what her decision might end up costing her, but she did know the cost of capitulating now was too great to live with.
She didn't know what her decision might end up costing her, but she did know the cost of capitulating now was too great to live with.
She added the bedding to the other bundle, and then sat on the uncovered mattress, trying to keep from capitulating to the despair that clawed at her heart.