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CAPSULATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
Synonyms:
capsulate; capsulated
Classified under:
Similar:
enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclose in a capsule
Synonyms:
capsulate; capsule; capsulise; capsulize
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "capsulate" is one way to...):
enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
capsule (a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside)
