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**encapsulate**

verb | in-KAP-suh-layt 

Definition:

1 : to enclose in or as if in a capsule

2 : to show or express in a brief way : epitomize, summarize

3 : to become enclosed in a capsule

Encapsulate and its related noun, capsule, derive from capsula, a diminutive form of the Latin noun capsa, meaning "box."  Capsa also gave us our noun case (the container kind; the legal sense has a different origin).  The original sense of encapsulate, meaning "to enclose something in a capsule," first appeared in the late 19th century.  Its extended meaning, "to give a summary or synopsis of something," plays on the notion of a capsule as something compact, self-contained, and often easily digestible.  There is also a verb capsule, which is more or less synonymous with **encapsulate**.

Examples

"Just one game *encapsulated* everything the Patriots have done well in the red zone this year and everything they have not." — Adam Kurkjian, The Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2017

"Like many other research groups, the Brown team set out to improve the oral uptake of drugs by *encapsulating* them in polymers that would stick to the mucosal lining of the stomach and intestines." — Rebecca Rawls, Chemical & Engineering News, 31 Mar. 1997

source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary