capsise

present singular third person capsises · participle present capsising · participle past capsised · past capsised

1. hypercorrectnonstandardNonstandard spelling of capsize.

   Q. How long is that ago ? A. Three weeks ago. They told us if we came alongside they would capsise us.

   1863, Mersey Docks, Harbour Board, Evidence: taken before the Marine Committee, under an appointment of the board, of the 2nd April, 1863, to enquire into the necessity for the establishment of a river police, and to report thereon to the board, page 82

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   ... 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.

   1819, Thomas MacKeevor, A Voyage to Hudson's Bay: During the Summer of 1812. Containing a Particular Account of the Icebergs and Other Phenomena which Present Themselves in Those Regions; Also, a Description of the Esquimeaux and North American Indians; Their Manners, Customs, Dress, Language, &c ..., page 32

   “Please, sir,” said Jem, who was barefooted, as well as bareheaded, touching the lock of hair on his forehead, “the cook has capsised the kettle—but he has put more on.”

   1836, Frederick Marryat, Clarkson Stanfield, The Pirate, and the Three Cutters, page 251

   No nautical man now is surprised at her capsising. Her great faults seemed to be topweight, from various causes, a very low freeboard (far too little), and hence the extraordinary height of her centre of gravity ; the consequences of all of which were her utter inability to recover herself on going over her angle of safety, and her ultimate capsising.

   1870, The Nautical Magazine, page 611