capsize

(kap′sīz′, kap sīz′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb capsized, capsizing

to overturn or upset: said esp. of a boat

Origin: 18th-c. naut. slang; ? altered (infl. by dial. cap, to overtop + side) < Sp cabezar, lit., to sink by the head (< cabo, cabeza, head)

See capsize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intr. & tr.v. cap·sized, cap·siz·ing, cap·siz·es

To overturn or cause to overturn: The boat capsized; I capsized the canoe.

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