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unencapsulate en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + encapsulate.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove from encapsulation.
    • This subtle change would, in effect, unencapsulate the data structure, since Line 15 would then perform a shallow copy. 2009, William McAllister, Data Structures and Algorithms Using Java, page 93:

Forms

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unencapsulated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unencapsulated Tense=Past lexicographic
unencapsulates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unencapsulating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic