Part 1619

<hw>Cap"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capitatus</ets> fr. <ets>caput</ets> head.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the flowers gathered into a head.</def>

<h1>Capitatim</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap`i*ta"tim</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Of so much per head; <as>as, a <ex>capitatim</ex> tax; a <ex>capitatim</ex> grant.</as></def>

<h1>Capitation</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capitatio</ets> a poll tax, fr. <ets>caput</ets> head; cf. F. <ets>capitation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A numbering of heads or individuals.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.</def>

<h1>Capite</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"i*te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., abl. of <ets>caput</ets> head.]</ety> <def>See under <er>Tenant</er>.</def>

<h1>Capitellate</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap`i*tel"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capitellum</ets>, dim. of <ets>caput</ets> head.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.</def>

<h1>Capitibranchiata</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>caput</ets>, <ets>capitis</ets>, head + <ets>-branchiae</ets> gills.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See <er>Tubicola</er>.</def>

<h1>Capitol</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"i*tol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>capitolium</ets>, fr. <ets>caput</ets> head: cf. F. <ets>capitole</ets>. See <er>Chief</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.</def>

<blockquote>Comes C\'91sar to the <b>Capitol</b> to-morrow? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.</def>

<h1>Capitolian, Capitoline</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw><hw>Cap`i*to"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cap"i*to*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capitolinus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>capitolin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.</def> "<i>Capitolian</i> Jove."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<cs><col>Capitoline games</col> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld>, <cd>annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.</cd></cs>

<h1>Capitula</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pit"u*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Capitulum</er>.</def>

<h1>Capitular</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pit"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>capitulare</ets>, <ets>capitularium</ets>, fr. L. <ets>capitulum</ets> a small head, a chapter, dim. of <ets>capit</ets> head, chapter.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An act passed in a chapter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of a chapter.</def>