encapsulate

verb

Etymology: 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).

1. 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.”

2. To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.

   “It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal ...”

3. To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
4. To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.