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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Capsize \Cap*size"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.] To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. [1913 Webster] But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

capsizing n 1: (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water