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Definition of Epitomise
1. Verb. Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of. "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
Generic synonyms: Represent, Stand For, Symbolise, Symbolize, Typify
Derivative terms: Epitome, Epitome, Epitome, Epitome, Type, Type, Type, Typification
Definition of Epitomise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of epitomize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epitomise
1. [v -MISED, -MISING, -MISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epitomise
Literary usage of Epitomise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1899)
"Some of the papers which they epitomise were first published in full, for example,
in the ' State Papers of Henry Vili,' a former undertaking which had ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1895)
"... that taught us to epitomise, for he abridged the macrocosm into the microcosm
of man's body ; and nature imitates him daily ; for the eye doth epitomise ..."
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