Definition of Capitulate

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Capitulate

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.

To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.

To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.

Related Definitions:

Agree, Agreed, Agreement, An, Army, As, Certain, Draw, Drawn, Fortress, Garrison, In, Of, On, Or, Settle, Several, Surrender, The, To, Transfer, Under, Up, Upon

Capitulate Quotations

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Samuel Johnson

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
Friedrich Schiller

If you want to capitulate to what commercial needs are, you can always be commercially valuable, but I'm not interested in being that.
Ken Hensley

Capitulate Translations

capitulate in Dutch is capituleren, zich overgeven
capitulate in French is capitulez, capitulent, capituler, capitulons
capitulate in German is kapitulieren
capitulate in Swedish is kapitulera

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