capsulize
capsulize verb: to enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule.
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.
- Synonyms:
- capsulate
- To make into a concise form; to encapsulate.
- Nothing is capsulized in me / On either side of town / The streets were never really mine / Not mine these glamour gowns1975, Joni Mitchell, “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- 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.1988 December 11, Wickie Stamps, “Cambridge Conference Chronicles Anticommunism”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 3
Synonyms of capsulize
Forms of capsulize
| third-person singular present | capsulizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | capsulizing |
| past participle | capsulized |
| past | capsulized |
Origin of capsulize
From capsule + -ize.
Words formed from capsulize
Questions about capsulize
- What does capsulize mean?
- Capsulize means to enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule.
- What part of speech is capsulize?
- Capsulize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of capsulize?
- The past tense of capsulize is capsulized.
Words near capsulize in the dictionary
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