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Capsulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Enclosed in or formed into a capsule.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. encased, closed in by a capsule

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box. Also capsuled.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. enclose in a capsule

adj. used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule

Word Usage

"It's been a while since I bothered to capsulate him, but his column for the Sunday Times is worth it because it proves -- as if there was any doubt -- that he is such a sanctimonious toady to the Bush administration."

Equivalent

enclosed capsulated

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

enclose wrap enfold enwrap envelop

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

capsular