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verb (used without object), verb (used with object) -sized, -siz·ing.
to turn bottom up; overturn: The boat capsized. They capsized the boat.
Origin:
1780–90; origin uncertain
1780–90; origin uncertain
Related forms
cap·siz·a·ble, adjective
non·cap·siz·a·ble, adjective
un·cap·siz·a·ble, adjective
un·cap·sized, adjective
Antonyms
right.
right.
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Example Sentences
- The yacht started to capsize immediately as water poured into the damaged hull.
- The impact caused ten fishermen to fall into the sea, and their boat to capsize.
- Here, wind-whipped tides can build seas big enough to capsize small boats and currents strong enough to drive big ships aground.
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Word Origin & History
capsize
1788, a nautical word of obscure origin, perhaps (as Skeat suggests) from Sp. capuzar "to sink by the head," from cabo "head."
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