epitomize

[ ih-pit-uh-mahyz ]

/ ɪˈpɪt əˌmaɪz /

verb (used with object), e·pit·o·mized, e·pit·o·miz·ing.

to contain or represent in small compass; serve as a typical example of; typify: This meadow epitomizes the beauty of the whole area.

to make an epitome of: to epitomize an argument.

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Also especially British, e·pit·o·mise.

Origin of epitomize

First recorded in 1590–1600; epitom(e) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM epitomize

e·pit·o·mi·za·tion, noune·pit·o·miz·er, nounun·e·pit·o·mized, adjective

Words nearby epitomize

epithelium, epithelization, epithet, epitome, epitomist, epitomize, epitope, epitrachelion, epitrichium, epitrochoid, epitympanic

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Example sentences from the Web for epitomized

A self-invented super-funster, John epitomized everything that was great about the Village in the pre-hedge-fund era.
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But with McGovern gone, it seems that the Democratic tradition of decent populism he epitomized was being interred along with him.
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Citi, however, is setting the standard, as epitomized by its Mike Mayo blackball.
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The divide is epitomized in a video chat posted on the Entertainment Weekly Web site.
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Every gradation of display between splendour and misery is epitomized in the circuit of the Boulevards.
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The above incidents are epitomized in the picture without much regard to accuracy.
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They are epitomized by Dyce, whose edition I have of course used.
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They are epitomized by the two words “army usury” and “money marriages.”
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The art of expression should be speeded up, abbreviated, and epitomized, while the love of profound essentials is cultivated.
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British Dictionary definitions for epitomized

epitomize

epitomise

/ (ɪˈpɪtəˌmaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to be a personification of; typify

to make an epitome of

Derived forms of epitomize

epitomist, nounepitomization or epitomisation, nounepitomizer or epitomiser, noun

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epitomize

verb (used with object), e·pit·o·mized, e·pit·o·miz·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for epitomized

epitomise

verb (tr)

Derived forms of epitomize