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epitomize, v.|ɪˈpɪtəmaɪz|
[f. epitome n. + -ize.]
1. trans. To make an epitome of; to abridge.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) Pref. 2 The same Booke was but a spurious stolne Copy, in part epitomized..from the Authors Originall. 1644Milton Judgm. Bucer (1851) 341 Thus far Martin Bucer, whom..I deny not to have epitomiz'd. 1783Johnson Lett. Mrs. Thrale 13 June, Mrs. Dobson..epitomised a very bulky French Life of Petrarch. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. vi. 92 He was accustomed to epitomise Hooker, and others, on the present subject. 1868Peard Water-Farm. xii. 118 For the benefit of our readers, we will epitomise the pamphlet.
absol.1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 119 He epitomizes, as if he were giving the pith of a paragraph.
b. To summarize; to give a concise account of; to state the essence of (a matter) briefly.
1624Capt. Smith Virginia v. 172 Thus have you briefely epitomized Mother Natures benefits. 1683tr. Erasm. Moriæ Enc. 65 They all would not suffice Folly in all her shapes to epitomise. 1728Morgan Algiers II. v. 321 Hassan Aga, whose Life I had begun to epitomize. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 123, I shall however in a few pages briefly epitomize what passed. 1877E. Conder Bas. Faith Pref. 11 Exhaustively to epitomise the evidence of Theism.
2. a. To contain in a small compass; to comprise in brief the sum of. b. To put into a small compass; to concentrate.
a.1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iv. 1711 For, God in this one single Plague, comprised Those other Judgements, all, epitomized. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 149 A Carpet, a Pan, and a Platter, epitomizes all their Furniture. 1868Stanley Westm. Ab. v. 416 In some respects it [the Chapter House] epitomises the vicissitudes of the Abbey itself.
b.1635Austin Medit. 129 Hee himselfe epitomized those ten into two. 1654Cokaine Dianea i. 51 In whom it appeared that Nature and Fortune had Epitomized all the wonders of the World. a1763Shenstone Ess. 106 Art, indeed, is often requisite to collect and epitomize the beauties of nature. 1857Willmott Pleas. Lit. xxi. 126 We have all the wilfulness of Cleopatra epitomized when, etc.
†3. To reduce to a smaller scale. Obs.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) Pref. 19 A Surgeons Chest epitomized. 1630Drayton David & Goliah (R.), All those rare parts that in his brothers were Epitomiz'd, at large in him appear. 1660Fuller Mixt Contempl. (1841) 258 Our standing army shall be epitomized to a more moderate proportion. 1713Guardian No. 108 We should, in a little time, see mankind epitomized, and the whole species in miniature. |