Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Capitulate

Capitulate , intransitive verb

[Late Latin capitulatus, past participle of capitulare to capitulate: compare French capituler. See Capitular, n.]

1.
To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obsolete]
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

Capitulate , transitive verb

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