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Epitomize   Listen
verb
Epitomize  v. t.  (past & past part. epitomized; pres. part. 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 Justin.
2.
To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words. (Obs.)





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"Epitomize" Quotes from Famous Books



... have taken the opportunity when I had it," replied Hugh. "I want to ask your help. May I begin at the beginning, and tell you all the story? or must I epitomize and ...
— David Elginbrod • George MacDonald
... is no riddle at all. The strange figure, the lower part animal; the upper part human; and the sprouting wings epitomize the growth and development of man from the animal, or physical (carnal), consciousness to the soul consciousness, represented by woman's head and breast, ...
— Cosmic Consciousness • Ali Nomad
... scintillations from press and pulpit—utterances which epitomize the story of the birth of Christian Science, in 1866, and its progress during the ensuing thirty years. Three quarters of a century hence, when the children of to-day are the elders of the twentieth century, it will be interesting to have not only a record of the inclination given their own ...
— Pulpit and Press (6th Edition) • Mary Baker Eddy
... and beautiful gift of painting the hearts and souls of young girls, and of this power he has given an admirable example in Katie Woodward. It would be foolish and cruel to attempt to epitomize, or rather to draw in miniature, this portrait that Trollope has drawn at full length; were it not for any other end, those that are fond of all that is graceful and charming in young womanhood should ...
— The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope
... laid down these General Principles for the government of personal conduct, we will epitomize what we would ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous


Words linked to "Epitomize" :   epitome, epitomise, symbolise, represent


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