epitomize
verb (used with object), e·pit·o·mized, e·pit·o·miz·ing.
Origin of epitomize
Related Words for epitomized
exemplify, represent, characterize, personify, embody, symbolize, illustrate, summarize, model, mean, cut, abbreviate, shorten, reduce, condense, contract, abridge, digest, compress, capsulizeExamples from the Web for epitomized
Contemporary Examples of epitomized
A self-invented super-funster, John epitomized everything that was great about the Village in the pre-hedge-fund era.
When Downtown Was Cool: Mario Batali, Simon Doonan, Wynton Marsalis Remember the Good Old DaysThe Daily Beast
April 10, 2014
But with McGovern gone, it seems that the Democratic tradition of decent populism he epitomized was being interred along with him.
Citi, however, is setting the standard, as epitomized by its Mike Mayo blackball.
The divide is epitomized in a video chat posted on the Entertainment Weekly Web site.
Historical Examples of epitomized
In her was epitomized the sadness of the stranger in Vienna.
Europe After 8:15H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
The superstition-fostered thing that epitomized his genius to himself.
The Scarecrow and Other StoriesG. Ranger Wormser
The history of these seven days might be epitomized in the three words—They were happy!
Wild MargaretGeraldine Fleming
A post-office, with its millions of letters, is an epitomized world.
Foot-prints of a letter carrierJames Rees
By day it is Paris epitomized; by night it is a dream of Greece.
The ThirteenHonore de Balzac