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Capsise

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Nonstandard spelling of capsize. UK, alt-of, dated, nonstandard

    "... he observed at some distance an Esquimeaux paddling up and down, as if for amusement: having made a sign to him to come over, he told him he would give him a knife and a few needles, in case he would capsise himself in his canoe."

Etymology

Hypercorrection by analysis of capsize as caps + -ize, which is then converted to the British English -ise.

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