Usually means: Increase value or enhance appearance.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word capitalize:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. capitalize: Merriam-Webster
  2. capitalize, capitalize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. capitalize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. capitalize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. capitalize: Vocabulary.com
  6. Capitalize, capitalize: Wordnik
  7. capitalize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. capitalize: Wiktionary
  9. capitalize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. capitalize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. capitalize: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. capitalize: Dictionary.com
  13. capitalize: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Capitalize: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Capitalize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. capitalize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. capitalize: Rhymezone
  18. Capitalize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. capitalize: FreeDictionary.org
  20. capitalize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. capitalize: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. capitalize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. capitalize: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. MSN Money (No longer online)
  6. Capitalize: Investopedia
  7. capitalize: Legal dictionary
  8. capitalize: Financial dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. capitalize: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. capitalize: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
verb:  (transitive, business, finance) To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
verb:  (transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
verb:  (transitive, accounting, taxation) To treat as capital, not as an expense.
verb:  (intransitive) To profit or to obtain an advantage.
verb:  (intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.

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