Definitions for: Capsize

[v] overturn accidentally, as of boats; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

Webster (1913) Definition: Cap*size", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr.
& vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch,
capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr.
L. caput head.]
To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.

But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron.

Cap"size`, n.
An upset or overturn.

Synonyms: turn turtle, turtle

See Also: overturn, tip over, turn over

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