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| verb | in-KAP-suh-layt |
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| Definition |
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to enclose in or as if in a capsule
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to become enclosed in a capsule
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| Did You Know? |
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Encapsulate and its related noun, capsule, derive from capsula, a diminutive form of the Latin noun capsa, meaning "box." Capsa also gave us our noun case (the container kind; the legal sense has a different origin). The original sense of encapsulate,
meaning "to enclose something in a capsule," first appeared in the late
19th century. Its extended meaning, "to give a summary or synopsis of
something," plays on the notion of a capsule as something compact,
self-contained, and often easily digestible. There is also a verb capsule, which is more or less synonymous with encapsulate.
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| Examples of ENCAPSULATE |
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"Just one game encapsulated everything the Patriots have done well in the red zone this year and everything they have not."
— Adam Kurkjian, The Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2017
"Like many other research groups, the Brown team set out to improve the oral uptake of drugs by encapsulating them in polymers that would stick to the mucosal lining of the stomach and intestines."
— Rebecca Rawls, Chemical & Engineering News, 31 Mar. 1997
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What synonym of encapsulate meaning "summarize" can also be used to describe a type of poetry or painting style?
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