capsulate

Also cap·su·lat·ed

[kap-suh-leyt, -lit, -syoo-]

adjective

1. enclosed in or formed into a capsule.

capsulate

/ -lɪt, ˈkæpsjʊˌleɪt /

adjective

1. within or formed into a capsule

Other Word Forms

• capsulation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of capsulate¹

From the New Latin word capsulātus, dating back to 1660–70. See capsule, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

For seven years, Lee Chong Wei, one of badminton's finest athletes, took cordyceps tablets from unmarked containers on the advice of a mysterious friend without any knowledge of how they were capsulated or stored.

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“She scattered the capsulated drugs on the hotel floor, making it seem as though Heywood had taken the drugs,” Xinhua reported.

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Seeing that Eckma now looked like a normal, yet still fat woman, and even somewhat appealing, he had several shots given to him every day until Polis devised a capsulate form of taking the drug.

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The wife would purchase the cordyseps and have them grounded down and capsulated at a shop in the Malaysian capital with Lee taking two every morning.

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