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Definition of Capitulating

Capitulating
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.] 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. --Trench. 2. 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.

Meaning of Capitulating from wikipedia

- Look up capitulation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Capitulation may have the following special meanings. Capitulation (surrender) Stock market capitulation...
- began the U.S. military invasion of California, with Northern California capitulating in less than a month to the United States forces. In Southern California...
- May 1940, Germany attacked France through the Low Countries. France capitulated in June 1940. By August, Germany had begun a bombing offensive against...
- the Romanian army on behalf of the Entente Powers a day before Germany capitulated on 11 November 1918. Austria-Hungary quickly disintegrated after the...
- ore from Sweden, which the Allies were attempting to cut off. Denmark capitulated after six hours, and despite Allied support, Norway was conquered within...
- border into Bulgaria proper as the Bulgarian army collapsed. Bulgaria capitulated four days later, on 29 September 1918. The German high command responded...
- (the remaining Muslim-ruled polity in the Iberian Peninsula after 1246) capitulated in 1492 to the military strength of the Catholic Monarchs, and it was...
- achieving several decisive victories at Doiran and Monastir, the country capitulated in 1918. The war resulted in significant territorial losses and a total...
- supplies were dangerously low and many of the wounded in agony. Burgoyne capitulated on October 17; around 6,222 soldiers, including German forces commanded...
- po****r demonstrations and mutinies in his French Guards, Louis XVI capitulated. He commanded the members of the first and second estates to join the...