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Encapsulate

//ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule. transitive

    "At a rate of six inches a year, the salt closes in on the waste and encapsulates it for what engineers say will be millions of years."

  2. 2
    put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume wordnet
  3. 3
    To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary. transitive

    "It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal ..."

  4. 4
    enclose in a capsule or other small container wordnet
  5. 5
    To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
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  1. 6
    To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.

Etymology

From en- + capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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