‖n. pl. See Capitulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr. L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head, chapter. ] 1. An act passed in a chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of a chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The head or prominent part. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the pope to the member of the capitular body. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Capitularies /plu>. [ See Capitular. ] 1. A capitular. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. “Capitulary acts.” Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. Heylin. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio. ] 1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] One who capitulates. [ 1913 Webster ]