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encapture

encapture verb: to capture.

Verb

encapture (third-person singular simple present encaptures, present participle encapturing, simple past and past participle encaptured)

  1. (transitive) To capture.
    • O unworn world enrapture me, encapture me […]1958, Patrick Kavanagh, Canal Bank Walk
    • […] the English language has inspired linguists to design an array of different models attempting to systematize and encapture its various manifestations […]2006, Sandra Mollin, Euro-English: assessing variety status

Forms of encapture

third-person singular presentencaptures
present participleencapturing
past participleencaptured
pastencaptured

Origin of encapture

From en- + capture.

Questions about encapture

What does encapture mean?
Encapture means to capture.
What part of speech is encapture?
Encapture is a verb.
What is the past tense of encapture?
The past tense of encapture is encaptured.

Words near encapture in the dictionary

  1. encaptivating
  2. encaptive
  3. encaptived
  4. encaptives
  5. encaptiving
  6. encapture
  7. encaptured
  8. encaptures
  9. encapturing
  10. encarcerate
  11. encarcerated

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