capsulize

English

Etymology

Verb

capsulize (third-person singular simple present capsulizes, present participle capsulizing, simple past and past participle capsulized)

To enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule.
Synonym: capsulate
(figurative) To make into a concise form; to encapsulate.
- 1975, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns:
  Nothing is capsulized in me / On either side of town / The streets were never really mine / Not mine these glamour gowns
- 1988 December 11, Wickie Stamps, “Cambridge Conference Chronicles Anticommunism”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 3:
  Radical academic Howard Zinn's quip that the U.S. is "always ready to kill people to protect them from communism" capsulized many presentations that examined U.S. international and domestic aggression (cloaked as jingoistic anti-terrorism) against progressive movments ^[sic] and governments.
- 1999, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Weaver's Wisdom, glossary entry for ‘Yogaswami’, page 289:
  Four great sayings capsulize his message: […]

Derived terms

capsulization