encapsulate.
To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
Meaning & usage
To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English capsule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English encapsulate From en- + capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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