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Webster 1913 Edition

Epitomize

E-pit′o-mize

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Epitomize

EPIT'OMIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to abstract, in a summary, the principal matters of a book; to contract into a narrower compass. Xiphilin epitomized Dion's Roman History.
1.
To diminish; to curtail. [Less proper.]

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