Fromen- +capsule +-ate(verb-forming suffix).
encapsulate (third-person singular simple presentencapsulates,present participleencapsulating,simple past and past participleencapsulated)
- (transitive) Toenclose something in, or as if in, acapsule.
2014 February 9, Matthew L. Wald, “Nuclear Waste Solution Seen in Desert Salt Beds”, inNew York Times, retrieved14 June 2014:At a rate of six inches a year, the salt closes in on the waste andencapsulates it for what engineers say will be millions of years.
- (transitive) Toepitomize something byexpressing it as abriefsummary.
2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August”, inThe Daily Telegraph (UK)[1]:It's a little moment that seems toencapsulate her appeal ...
- (software, object-oriented programming) Toencloseobjects in a commoninterface in a way that makes theminterchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
- (networking) Toenclose data inpackets that can betransmitted using a givenprotocol.
to enclose as if in a capsule
object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface
networking: to enclose data in packets
encapsulate
- second-personsingular voseoimperative ofencapsular combined withte
