encapsulate
verb (used with object)
to place in or as if in a capsule.
were encapsulating
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past progressiveof encapsulate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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If we look at Kim and Kanye arriving, she was looking very futuristic and he was looking very post-apocalyptic—I think they were encapsulating the two strains of thinking about the future.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2016
