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Ca*pit`u*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
capitulation, LL. capitulatio.] 1.
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal
agreement.

With special capitulation that neither the
Scots nor the French shall refortify.

Bp. Burnet.

2. The act of capitulating or
surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.

3. The instrument containing the terms of
an agreement or surrender.

Ca*pit"u*la`tor (?), n. [LL.]
One who capitulates.

Cap"i*tule (?), n. [L.
capitulum small head, chapter.] A summary.
[Obs.]

||Ca*pit"u*lum (?), n.; pl.
Capitula (&?;). [L., a small head.] 1.
A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover
top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be
either globular or flat. Gray.

2. (Anat.) A knoblike protuberance
of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See
Illust. of Artiodactyla.


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