encapsulate
verb (used with object)
to place in or as if in a capsule.
encapsulated
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past participleof encapsulate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof encapsulate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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The back-and-forth encapsulated how a decision that used to be simple—whether or not to receive the ball at the start of overtime—has become hopelessly fraught.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"The cancer cells are really encapsulated within these areas of macrophages and fibroblasts that we think act as shields for these dormant cancer cells," said Maria.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
That sentence perfectly encapsulated Freedom to Marry’s “road map to victory” strategy, which had aimed at changing hearts and minds in order to deliver the change in law and politics needed.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Yet it encapsulated what supporting this England team was about.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The whole of the Scientific Revolution is encapsulated in Galileo’s little treatise on floating bodies.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
