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Webster 1913 Edition
Epitomize
E-pit′o-mize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Epitomized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Epitomizing
.] 1.
To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space;
as, to
. epitomize
the works of Justin2.
To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail;
as, to
. epitomize
words[Obs.]
Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Epitomize
EPIT'OMIZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To diminish; to curtail. [Less proper.]Definition 2024
epitomize
epitomize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)
- To make an epitome of.
- To be an epitome of.
- 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
- The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.
- 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
Synonyms
Derived terms
- epitomizer
- epitomization
- epitomistic
Translations
make an epitome
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be an epitome
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Portuguese
Verb
epitomize
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of epitomizar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of epitomizar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of epitomizar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of epitomizar