Definition of: capitulate

(kə·pich′·lāt) v. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing v.t.
To surrender, as a fort or army, to an enemy on stipulated conditions.
—v.i. To surrender on stipulated terms; make terms.
—adjective (kə·pich′·lit, -lāt) Bot. Headed; having a capitulum. [<L capitulatus, pp. of capitulare draw up in chapters, arrange terms]
—ca·pit′·u·la′tor noun
—ca·pit·u·la·to·ry (kə·pich′·lə·tô′rē, tō′rē) adjective