encapsulate

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
2. verb To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
3. verb To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
4. verb To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.

Similar words

cover encompass synthesize integrate include summary summarise summarize incapsulate capsulate

Often followed by

the a all and this in it an data their

Word family

encapsulated encapsulates encapsulating encapsulation encapsulations