ca·pit·u·late [ kə píchə làyt ](past and past participleca·pit·u·lat·ed, present participleca·pit·u·lat·ing, 3rd person present singularca·pit·u·lates)
intransitive verb
Definition:
1. surrender: to surrender, especially under agreed conditions
2. consent or yield: to give in to an argument, request, pressure, or something unavoidable
[Late 17th century. < French capituler "come to terms" < Latin capitulare "draw up under distinct heads" < capitulum (see capitulum)]
