Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make an epitome of; sum up.
- v. To be a typical example of: behavior that epitomizes selfishness.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make an epitome of; shorten or abridge, as a writing or a discourse; reduce to an abstract or a summary the principal matters of; contract into a narrow compass.
- To diminish, as by cutting off something; curtail; abbreviate.
- To describe briefly or in abstract.
- Synonyms To reduce, condense, summarize.
- To make an epitome or abstract.
- Also spelled epitomise.
Wiktionary
- v. To make an epitome of.
- v. To be an epitome of.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space.
- v. obsolete To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail.
WordNet 3.0
- v. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
Examples
“Now this may appear to be picking on Jeph Loeb, the writer of both books, but these titles epitomize the top ten, either being part of an event, written by a superstar and illustrated by a well-known artist, and both are books published by Marvel Comics, which is also a common theme amongst the majority of books.”
“But doesn't that phrase epitomize McCain's belligerent nationalism?”
“Minus 2 points for misspelling "epitomize" but otherwise, yes, you're spot on.”
“And they kind of epitomize our worst habits and impulses, complete superficiality combined with total self-indulgence.”
“You kind of epitomize if I keep posting it someone will believe.”
“Rolling through Ms. Rowling's highlighted passages, then, the parts of her last book she has said "epitomize" or are "the most important" for understanding her work, they all can be understood in terms of the Penn epigraph and the peculiar Logos cosmology, epistemology, and soteriology specific to Penn's Christian sect, the Society of Friends.”
“The Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpet A.ard was given to "epitomize" Farrakhan's greatness.”
“Jews, mainline Protestants, and Catholics all rise to the top, receiving similarly positive assessments.17 This is to be expected for mainline Protestants, as their very label suggests that they epitomize the mainstream of American religion.”
“Really, I'm using Oprah to epitomize the emotional development of the American psyche.”
“Three developments in recent music epitomize the problems that the Church has to face when she is considering liturgical music.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘epitomize’.
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The "ize" have it
accessorize, finalize, computerize, prioritize, anodize, belizean, bizerte, capsize, citizen, denize, dizen, diazotize and 98 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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common/uncommon GRE
Combination some common, some uncommon preparation of GRE words.
thwart, schmooze, siren, ebullient, eclectic, efficacy, adorn, felicitous, grandiloquent, eloquence, epitomize, vilify and 10 more...
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Stumbled Words
A list of words that I stumbled upon while reading.
penumbra, prolix, propitious, resplendence, sepulchral, Weltschmerz, apparition, brigand, probity, chalice, paroxysm, pallor and 160 more...
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Daily
Daily Vocab List
lull, pious, lurid, objurgate, insurgent, lewd, patio, onus, lampoon, geisha, larceny, maim and 206 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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An Unspecific Gathering
Recently added to be organized (perhaps) later.
metaeuphoria, metaeuphoria, protologism, neologism, contextual, commingling, meta, euphoria, elucidation, disambiguation, hypertextual, kenspeckle and 136 more...
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practice 1
daily practice
enamor, blatant, cornucopia, conspicuously, ensconce, obdurate, plausible, reprieve, gaudy, tawdry, obfuscate, bewilder and 105 more...
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Nullologue
nullologue, vaudeville, debauchery, debauched, libertine, nothing, dhadak, tz pf, nothingology, goodbyeology, sharmuta, manifesto and 866 more...
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MY WORDS
egoist, entomologists, egotist, altruist, introvert, extrovert, ambivert, misanthrope, misogynist, misogamist, ascetic, Altruism and 193 more...
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1st Listed
Words first listed by me to Wordie; limited to mostly 'real' words.
zeuhl, metaeuphoria, hypertextual, hyperbaric, parachronism, metanoia, prochronism, zao, craton, falsification, nietzschean, hyperconscious and 16 more...
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Parallel to GRE
wandering, loathe, castaway, impudent, depose, annul, refrain, epitomize, alibi, pave, brawl, dissent and 3 more...
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GRE Word List
abridge, compendium, cursory, curtail, terse, epitomize, abeyance, abjure
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