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unencapsulate

unencapsulate verb: to remove from encapsulation.

Verb

unencapsulate (third-person singular simple present unencapsulates, present participle unencapsulating, simple past and past participle unencapsulated)

  1. (transitive) To remove from encapsulation.
    • This subtle change would, in effect, unencapsulate the data structure, since Line 15 would then perform a shallow copy.2009, William McAllister, Data Structures and Algorithms Using Java, page 93

Forms of unencapsulate

third-person singular presentunencapsulates
present participleunencapsulating
past participleunencapsulated
pastunencapsulated

Origin of unencapsulate

From un- + encapsulate.

Questions about unencapsulate

What does unencapsulate mean?
Unencapsulate means to remove from encapsulation.
What part of speech is unencapsulate?
Unencapsulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unencapsulate?
The past tense of unencapsulate is unencapsulated.

Words near unencapsulate in the dictionary

  1. unenamored
  2. unenamour'd
  3. unenamoured
  4. unencamped
  5. unencapsidated
  6. unencapsulate
  7. unencapsulated
  8. unencapsulates
  9. unencapsulating
  10. unencapsulation
  11. unencapsuled

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