ALL meanings of decapitalize
de·cap·i·tal·ize
D d - verb decapitalize to make difficult to have or to take away stock or wealth from 3
- verb decapitalize to downgrade (a city) from the position of capital city 3
- verb decapitalize to alter the capitalization, usually from an initial capital letter to a lower-case letter, in a written statement 3
- verb with object decapitalize to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies. 1
- verb decapitalize (Transitive Verb) To uncapitalize (convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase). 0
- verb decapitalize (Transitive Verb) (law) To remove (something's) status as a capital crime; to cause (something) to no longer be a capital crime. 0