Home › Words › E › encapsuleencapsuleencapsule means to place inside a capsule.EtymologyFrom en- + capsule.verbTo place inside a capsule.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.encapsulate 89% match — To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule. vs encapsule →capsulize 84% match — To enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule. vs encapsule →capsuled 82% match — Enclosed within a capsule. vs encapsule →capsule 81% match — A membranous envelope. vs encapsule →capsulated 81% match — Enclosed in a capsule vs encapsule →capsulation 79% match — The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule vs encapsule →microencapsulate 79% match — To embed by means of microencapsulation. vs encapsule →encapsulation 79% match — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule. vs encapsule →