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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>CAPITATE</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="capitalstock"> capital stock,<DL COMPACT><DD> the capital used in carrying on a business. It is represented in shares. </DL> <A NAME="capitalsurplus"> capital surplus,<DL COMPACT><DD> the excess of assets over capital and liabilities arising from other than regular operations. Ex. The capital surplus of a corporation may be described as a more or less permanent form of surplus as compared with earned surplus (Schmidt and Bergstrom). </DL> <A NAME="capitate"> capitate, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. (Botany.) <DD> a. clustered into a head. <DD> b. having a rounded head. Ex. a capitate stigma. <DD> 2. (Anatomy.) having to do with or denoting a bone of the carpus or human wrist, in the center of the distal row of carpal bones. <DD>noun (Anatomy.) the capitate bone. </DL> <A NAME="capitation"> capitation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tax, fee, or charge of the same amount for every person. </DL> <A NAME="capitationgrant"> capitation grant,<DL COMPACT><DD> a grant of a certain sum for every person who fulfills certain conditions, as to a school for pupils who pass an examination, or to a military company for qualified volunteers. </DL> <A NAME="capitellate"> capitellate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Botany.) growing or terminating in a small head. <DD> 2. having a capitellum or capitulum. </DL> <A NAME="capitellum"> capitellum, noun, pl. -tella.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Anatomy.) the rounded protuberance on the outer surface of the lower end of the humerus, or upper arm. <DD> 2. (Zoology.) the portion of the body of a hydroid polyp that bears the tentacles. </DL> <A NAME="capitol"> Capitol, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the building at Washington, D.C., in which Congress meets. Ex. The President spoke to both houses of Congress in the Capitol. <DD> 2. Also, capitol. the building in which a state legislature meets. Ex. The Governor addressed the Assembly in the Capitol. <DD> 3. the ancient temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Ex. ... at Rome ... I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol (Edward Gibbon). <DD> 4. the Capitoline Hill. </DL> <A NAME="capitolhill"> Capitol Hill,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the hill in Washington, D.C., on which the United States Capitol stands. Ex. Reporters on Capitol Hill are sensing a new mood that spills across party lines (Harper's). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) the legislative branch of the United States Government; Congress. Ex. This ... will mean better relations between the White House and Capitol Hill (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="capitoline"> Capitoline, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the Capitoline Hill. <DD>adj. having to do with the Capitoline Hill or the Capitol at Rome. </DL> <A NAME="capitolinehill"> Capitoline Hill,<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the seven hills on which the city of ancient Rome was built. </DL> <A NAME="capitulant"> capitulant, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who capitulates. Ex. ... gaining possession of the fortress which the capitulants held (Archibald Alison). </DL> <A NAME="capitular"> capitular, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person who belongs to an ecclesiastical chapter. <DD> 2. an act passed in a chapter; a canon; capitulary. <DD> 3. a law of a Frankish sovereign. <DD>adj. 1. (Botany.) growing in a capitulum or head. <DD> 2. (Zoology, Anatomy.) of or having to do with a capitulum. <DD> 3. of or having to do with an ecclesiastical chapter. </DL> <A NAME="capitulary"> capitulary, adjective, noun, pl. -laries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with achapter, especially an ecclesiastical chapter. <DD>noun 1. a member of a chapter. <DD> 2. an ordinance or rule, as of an ecclesiastical chapter. expr. capitularies, the laws of the Frankish rulers. </DL> <A NAME="capitulate"> capitulate, intransitive verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to surrender on certain terms or conditions. Ex. The defenders in the fort capitulated on condition that they be allowed to go away unharmed. I will be conquered; I will not capitulate (Samuel Johnson). (SYN) yield. noun capitulator. </DL> <A NAME="capitulation"> capitulation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a surrender on certain terms or conditions. <DD> 2. an agreement or condition. <DD> 3. a statement of the main facts of a subject; summary. <DD> 4a. any one of various treaties in which Turkish sultans formerly granted special privileges to citizens of foreign governments, as extraterritorial rights. <DD> b. any one of various similar treaties. </DL> <A NAME="capitulationism"> capitulationism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the actions of a person who capitulates or is inclined to capitulate. <DD> 2. the action or ideology of a Communist charged with retreating from an aggressive anti-Western attitude or policy. Ex. If one did not dare to slight the enemy strategically, one would inevitably commit the error of capitulationism, and if one took heedless and reckless action tactically, one would inevitably commit the error of adventurism (Manchester Guardian Weekly). noun capitulationist. </DL> <A NAME="capitulatory"> capitulatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with capitulation. Ex. capitulatory rights. </DL> <A NAME="capitulum"> capitulum, noun, pl. -la.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a flower head consisting of a close cluster of sessile flowers, as in red clover or many composite plants. <DD> 2. the protuberance of a bone usually fitting into a hollow portion of another bone. Ex. They articulate with the heads, or the capitula, of the ribs (St. George Mivart). </DL> <A NAME="caplet"> caplet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coated medicinal tablet shaped like a capsule. Ex. The caplet is a solid form of Tylenol pain reliever, which research has proven is the form most preferred by consumers. Unlike tablets, it is specially shaped and coated for easy, comfortable swallowing (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="caplin"> caplin, noun. =capelin.</DL> <A NAME="caplock"> caplock, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an old-fashioned muzzleloading gun similar to a flintlock, but with a gunlock in which the hammer strikes a small percussion cap in turn igniting the gunpowder. </DL> <A NAME="capn"> Cap'n, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Captain. </DL> <A NAME="capnomancy"> capnomancy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> divination by means of smoke. </DL> <A NAME="capo"> capo (1), noun, pl. -pos. =capotasto.</DL> <A NAME="capo"> capo (2), noun, pl. capos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the head of one of the units or branches of the Mafia. </DL> <A NAME="capodimonte"> Capodimonte, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or designating a type of rare porcelain made at Capodimonte, a suburb of Naples, Italy, during the 1700's. Ex. Capodimonte figurines. </DL> <A NAME="capofliberty"> cap of liberty, =liberty cap.</DL> <A NAME="capofmaintenance"> cap of maintenance,<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of cap of state formerly worn by high personages, and still carried before the sovereign and certain mayors in England, and also represented in heraldry. </DL> <A NAME="capoid"> Capoid, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a member of a Negroid race that includes the Bushmen and Hottentots. <DD>adj. of or belonging to this race. </DL> <A NAME="capon"> capon, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a rooster specially raised to be eaten. It is castrated and fattened. <DD>v.t. to make a capon of; caponize. </DL> <A NAME="caponette"> caponette, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a young male chicken that has acquired the soft and tender flesh of a capon as a result of having its reproductive organs made useless by injection with female hormones. </DL> <A NAME="caponier"> caponier, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a work or covered passage in or across a ditch in a military fortification. </DL> <A NAME="caponize"> caponize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make (a young male chicken) into a capon or caponette. Ex. About four years ago there was a "flurry" of concern about hormone injections used to caponize male chickens (Wall Street Journal). noun caponization. </DL> <A NAME="caporal"> caporal (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of tobacco. </DL> <A NAME="caporal"> caporal (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Southewestern U.S.) the overseer or foreman of a ranch. </DL> <A NAME="caporegime"> caporegime, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a member of the Mafia below a capo in rank and serving as one of his lieutenants. </DL> <A NAME="capot"> capot, noun, verb, -potted, -potting.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a winning of all the tricks in piquet. <DD>v.t. to win all the tricks from in piquet. </DL> <A NAME="capotasto"> capotasto, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device attached to a fretted musical instrument, such as the guitar, for the purpose of raising the pitch of all the strings at once. </DL> <A NAME="capote"> capote, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a long cloak with a hood. <DD> 2. a close-fitting bonnet with strings. </DL> <A NAME="cappa"> cappa, noun, pl. cappae.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cloak forming part of a religious habit. </DL> <A NAME="cappadocian"> Cappadocian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with Cappadocia, an ancient kingdom of eastern Asia Minor. <DD>noun 1. an inhabitant or native of Cappadocia. <DD> 2. the language of ancient Cappadocia. </DL> <A NAME="capparidaceous"> capparidaceous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the caper family. </DL> <A NAME="cappelletti"> cappelletti, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> small pieces of pasta stuffed with minced meat or cheese and cooked in broth. </DL> <A NAME="capper"> capper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or device that makes caps or fixes caps in position. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) <DD> a. a confederate in a gambling game. <DD> b. a dummy bidder at an auction. <DD> 3. (U.S. Slang.) an ending or climax. Ex. The capper comes when everyone is gathered to watch Forrest open his presents (Saturday Review). </DL> <A HREF="cappie.dic">NEXT</A>