lower-case

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of lowercase.

present singular third person lower-cases · participle present lower-casing · participle past lower-cased · past lower-cased

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of lowercase.

   If a capitalized word would be lower-cased in modern usage, we lower-cased it, but we did not capitalize any word that appeared lower-cased in the original.

   1991, Ellis Sandoz, “Editor’s Note”, in Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730–1805, Indianapolis, Ind.: LibertyPress, →ISBN, page xxix

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   Yet, as every rule has its exception, I have construed this dictum somewhat liberally and have as yet never failed to employ as big an A as I could command when the word American was used as an adjective, even while I lower-cased english, mexican and foreign nations generally.

   1901 May 29, Joseph L. Hills, “Style Board”, in Charles H. Waddell, editor, The University Cynic, volume XIX, number 4, Burlington, Vt.: University of Vermont, published 10 June 1901, page 71, column 2

   And Kevin asked me to add that we have capitalized Open Source this time, to assuage tender sensibilities, even though we lower-cased it in November’s issue of Release 1.0.

   1999 March 22, Esther Dyson, “Tuesday - In Between: The Architecture”, in Release 1.0: Esther Dyson’s Monthly Report, New York, N.Y.: EDventure Holdings Inc., →ISSN, page 17