encapsulate /ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt/ verb4 •To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.At a rate of six inches a year, the salt closes in on the waste and encapsulates it for what engineers say will be millions of years. — 2014 •To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol. •To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal ... — 2014 •To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes. formsencapsulated · encapsulating · encapsulates