"capsise" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: capsises [present, singular, third-person], capsising [participle, present], capsised [participle, past], capsised [past]
Etymology: Hypercorrection by analysis of capsize as caps + -ize, which is then converted to the British English -ise. Etymology templates: {{m|en|capsize}} capsize, {{m|en|-ize}} -ize, {{m|en|-ise}} -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} capsise (third-person singular simple present capsises, present participle capsising, simple past and past participle capsised)
  1. (UK, dated) Nonstandard spelling of capsize. Tags: UK, alt-of, dated, nonstandard Alternative form of: capsize

Inflected forms

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