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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epitomize \E*pit"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Epitomized}; p.
pr & vb n. {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.] --Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
epitomize
v : be typical of [syn: {typify}]
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