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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epitome \E*pit"o*me\, n.; pl {Epitomes}. [L., fr Gr ? a surface incision, also and abridgment, fr ? to cut into cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf F. ['e]pitome. See {Tome}.] 1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. --Sydney Smith. 2. A compact or condensed representation of anything An epitome of English fashionable life. --Carlyle. A man so various that he seemed to be Not one but all mankind's epitome. --Dryden. Syn: Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See {Abridgment}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epitome n 1: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" [syn: {prototype}, {paradigm}, {image}] 2: a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
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