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encapsule

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[en-kap-suhl, -syool] / ɛnˈkæp səl, -syul /

verb (used with or without object)

encapsuled, encapsuling

  1. encapsulate.

Etymology

Origin of encapsule

First recorded in 1875–80; en- 1 + capsule

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However, I must confess great sympathy for frustrated Women's Lib groups when an article attempting to encapsule a writer's background makes no mention that his wife is quite a person in her own right.

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