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Examples
Noun
  • //took an antibiotic capsule three times a day for a week
  • //a capsule containing all sorts of items from our era that is to be opened 100 years from now
Verb
  • //newscasts that capsule complex, important stories into one-minute bits for easy digestion by viewers
Adjective
  • //capsule reviews of the latest offerings at the multiplex
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Noun
French, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa box — more at case