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decapitalise

decapitalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decapitalize.

Meaning of decapitalize

Verb

decapitalize (third-person singular simple present decapitalizes, present participle decapitalizing, simple past and past participle decapitalized)

  1. (transitive) To uncapitalize (convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase).
  2. (transitive) To convert a capital value, typically into a rental.
  3. (transitive) To remove (something's) status as a capital crime; to cause (something) to no longer be a capital crime.
    • In 1801 Connecticut decapitalized arson, but only where no victim's life had been placed in danger.2009, Stuart Banner, The Death Penalty: an American history, page 131

Forms of decapitalise

third-person singular presentdecapitalises
present participledecapitalising
past participledecapitalised
pastdecapitalised

Origin of decapitalise

From de- + capitalise.

Questions about decapitalise

What is decapitalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Decapitalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decapitalize.

Words near decapitalise in the dictionary

  1. decapicone
  2. decapicones
  3. decapitable
  4. decapitalisation
  5. decapitalisations
  6. decapitalise
  7. decapitalised
  8. decapitalises
  9. decapitalising
  10. decapitalization
  11. decapitalizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decapitalise (page history and authors); decapitalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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