decap

verb6

1. •
   To remove a cap.
2. •
   To enzymatically remove a cap from mRNA.
3. •
   To remove the epoxy from an integrated circuit.
4. •
   To cause an armor-piercing shell to lose its hardened cap, degrading its ability to penetrate armor.
5. •
   To change an uppercase letter to lowercase; to decapitalize.

   • In English this pronoun is always written with a capital letter, while "you", the second person singular, which in Russian out of courtesy we spell with a capital, is decapped in English. — 1974
6. •
   To remove an upper limit.

   • In October 1985 ARDC successfully decapped the AIF and was operating under the RDTE appropriation . — 1987