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encapsulate, v.|ɛnˈkæpsjʊleɪt|
Also in-.
[f. en-1, in-2 + L. capsula small chest or box, capsule + -ate3.]
trans. To enclose (as) in a capsule. Also fig., to summarize or isolate as if in a capsule.
1874Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. (ed. 2) 150 The tumours are sometimes clearly defined and incapsulated. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 26 A membrane encapsulating the corpuscle. 1939R. G. Collingwood Autobiogr. x. 113 But this secondary life is prevented from overflowing into my primary life by being what I call incapsulated, that is, existing in a context of primary or surface knowledge which keeps it in its place and prevents it from thus overflowing. Ibid. 114 Historical knowledge is the re-enactment of a past thought incapsulated in a context of present thoughts. 1954D. Riesman in Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. Jan. 382/2 Institutions incapsulate them or awaken them or destroy them. 1955M. Beloff Foreign Policy & Democratic Process 50 It may simply be that the older nations of Europe have retained, incapsulated within them, sufficient relics of their predemocratic leadership to provide the necessary ballast for the democratic sails. 1958N. R. Hanson Patterns of Discovery i. 27 Language can encapsulate scenes and sounds, teeth and growls, smiles and laughs. 1958Oxford Mag. 20 Nov. 109/1 They are forced to work for two terms for an exam{ddd}which encapsulates that dreary anachronism, compulsory Latin. 1961Guardian 22 May 5/1 May one, if need arise, be encapsulated and shot into space, but not, I beg, with members of one's family. 1962W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use vii. 146 To offer such a definition is to attempt to incapsulate a number of critical trends. 1967Listener 29 June 863/3 This charming little creation..encapsulates an aspect of history for all time. 1972Country Life 6 Jan. 56/3 For his ministers the problem was often to incapsulate him [sc. William IV] or walk round him.
So enˈcapsulated ppl. a., enˈcapsulating vbl. n. and ppl. a.: applied fig. to certain languages in which modifying elements are inserted in the body of a word.
1868Max Müller Stratific. Lang. 22 The infixing or incapsulating languages are but a variety of the affixing class. 1913Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 553/2 The cell becomes encapsulated and pointed. 1958Times Rev. Industry May 70/1 The bulk of encapsulating production is pharmaceutical. 1959Oxford Mail 2 Feb. 5/4 Another interesting, though less successful, experiment involves a small nude encapsulated in a large abstract design. 1959New Scientist 13 Aug. 192/2 One way of encapsulating is akin to blowing bubbles. |