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encapsulate - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
intransitive verb intransitive verb intransitive verb
from The Century Dictionary.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb transitive To cover something as if in a capsule .verb transitive To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary .verb software To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable , and guards their states from invalid changes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb verb
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From en- + capsule + -ate .
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Examples
The book with its various signatures and the exhibition title encapsulate the continuing dynamic of the oral-literate interaction over the Treaty.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
Certain record labels encapsulate an era which leaves an imprint in one's psyche.
Jakartass 2008
German fashion blog "Les Mads" worried it would be a "step in the wrong direction" to try to "encapsulate " Berlin's creative scene in a members-only club.
Berlin Broods Over a Glitz Invasion 2010
To use my favorite word of the day, you "encapsulate " the mood, the brain-squeezing frustration that has come to mark me as a mother- grieving but true!
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Mommy 2006
You can "encapsulate " much the > same way a stored procedure does with CFCs.
ColdFusion Talk (CF-Talk) Mailing List RSS Feed 2008
In the subsequent furore and in an effort to allay mounting concerns, RM agreed to 'encapsulate ' the waste asbestos fibres in pellet form prior to dumping; they also agreed to install filters on the air extractor fans at the plant. [
Indymedia Ireland 2009
If Apple were looking to encapsulate his wisdom in two words, it could do worse than "speed kills."
How Apple Foot-Dragged to Victory Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
It remains one of my favorite artifacts and seems to perfectly encapsulate emergence of new types of social currencies as a part of a reorganization of our lives around social relationships.
Boing Boing 2009
Matt Lee's gallery of matchboxes from the subcontinent highlights the lovely art that adorns these little bits of ephemera: "The random and disparate juxtapositions of the imagery encapsulate the mix of historic, mythological and contemporary visual culture in India."
Boing Boing 2009
User spams posts made up of several small words repeatedly, despite having enough space in the post to encapsulate many thoughts.
Think Progress » Limbaugh stands by his Haiti remarks, tells critical caller she’s a ‘bigot’ with ‘tampons in her ears.’ 2010
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