Meanings
present singular third person capsulizes · participle present capsulizing · participle past capsulized · past capsulized
- To enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule.
Synonyms: capsulate
- figurativelyTo make into a concise form; to encapsulate.
Four great sayings capsulize his message: […]
1999, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Weaver's Wisdom, glossary entry for ‘Yogaswami’, page 2892 more examples
Nothing is capsulized in me / On either side of town / The streets were never really mine / Not mine these glamour gowns
1975, Joni Mitchell, “The Boho Dance”, in The Hissing of Summer LawnsRadical 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 & antonyms
verbTo enclose (a medication etc) in a capsule.
More synonyms by meaning
verbput in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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capsulize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capsulize
“capsulize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capsulize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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