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Definition of Epitomize
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 Epitomize
1. v. t. 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 Justin.
Definition of Epitomize
1. Verb. To make an epitome of. ¹
2. Verb. To be an epitome of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epitomize
1. [v -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epitomize
Literary usage of Epitomize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"... as it were, epitomize» their moral condition, leaving very little to- be added.
Su»p'cion is another feature which is pretty constant in the emotional ..."
2. Proceedings of the 250th Anniversary of Old Bridgewater, Mass. at West (1907)
"On the first floor there is a large assembly hall and on the four walls are a
number of memorial tablets, the inscriptions of which practically epitomize ..."
3. A Text book of alkaloidal practice by William Francis Waugh, Wallace C. Abbott (1907)
"To epitomize:—The essential things in an uncomplicated case are therefore: To
keep the bowels well cleaned out as just directed; to arrest fermentation and ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The solution of the difficulty is to be found in the fact that John of Damascus
did not epitomize the contenta of the "Panarion", but copied it verbatim. ..."
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